glomus coccygeum

glomus coccygeum
glomus coc·cy·ge·um -käk-'sij-ē-əm n a small mass of vascular tissue situated near the tip of the coccyx called also coccygeal body, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland

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[TA] coccygeal body: an oval structure consisting of irregular masses of spherical or polyhedral epithelioid cells grouped around a dilated, sinusoidal capillary vessel, occurring anterior to, or immediately inferior to, the apex of the coccyx, at the termination of the median sacral vessels. Called also coccygeal gland, corpus coccygeum, and Luschka body or gland.

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