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Coccyx

noun
(pl. L. coccyges)
1.
The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes.  Synonym: tail bone.





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... is an open bony structure, consisting of the Os Innominata, one on either side, and the Sacrum and Coccyx behind. The Sacrum, during childhood, consists of five bones, which in later years unite to form one bone. It is light and spongy in texture, and the upper surface articulates with the lowest vertebra, while it is united at its inferior margin to the coccyx. The ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce


Words linked to "Coccyx" :   back, pelvis, bone, backbone, tail bone, os, pelvic girdle, caudal vertebra, rachis, spinal column, hip, coccygeal, pelvic arch, vertebral column, spine, coccygeal vertebra


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