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  2. Sacrococcygeal symphysis - Wikipedia

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    It stretches from median sacral crest [3] and the free margin of the sacral hiatus [1] to the dorsal surface of the coccyx. [1] The lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments run from the lower lateral angles of the sacrum to the transverse processes of the first coccygeal vertebra to complete the foramina for the last sacral nerve. [1]

  3. Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament - Wikipedia

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    In the human body, the lateral sacrococcygeal ligament is a bilaterally paired ligament extending between the transverse process coccyx, and the inferolateral angle of the sacrum. [1] The ligament forms a foramen for [2] [1] an anterior ramus [1] of the fifth sacral nerve (S5). [2] [1] The ligament may become ossified. [1]

  4. Axial skeleton - Wikipedia

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    3D medical animation still shot of human skull. The axial skeleton is the core part of the endoskeleton made of the bones of the head and trunk of vertebrates.In the human skeleton, it consists of 80 bones and is composed of the skull (28 bones, including the cranium, mandible and the middle ear ossicles), the vertebral column (26 bones, including vertebrae, sacrum and coccyx), the rib cage ...

  5. Coccyx - Wikipedia

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    A coccyx with four vertebrae below the sacrum. The coccyx is formed of three, four or five rudimentary vertebrae.It articulates superiorly with the sacrum.In each of the first three segments may be traced a rudimentary body and articular and transverse processes; the last piece (sometimes the third) is a mere nodule of bone.

  6. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    coccyx and anococcygeal raphe: inferior gluteal artery: levator ani nerve inferior rectal nerve from pudendal nerve (S3, S4) coccygeal plexus; supports organs in pelvic cavity: 2 1 pubococcygeus: Torso, Pelvis, Levator ani: back surface of pubis, anterior part of obturator fascia: coccyx and sacrum: inferior gluteal artery: levator ani nerve

  7. Sacrum - Wikipedia

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    The sacrum is a complex structure providing support for the spine and accommodation for the spinal nerves. It also articulates with the hip bones. The sacrum has a base, an apex, and three surfaces – a pelvic, dorsal and a lateral surface. The base of the sacrum, which is broad and expanded

  8. Sacral fracture - Wikipedia

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    In this picture of the pelvis, the sacrum is the butterfly-shaped bone in the middle Lateral view of the sacrum and the coccyx. A sacral fracture is a break in the sacrum bone. The sacrum is the large triangular bone that forms the last part of the vertebral column from the fusion of the five sacral vertebrae. Sacral fractures are relatively ...

  9. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    Sacrum (5 bones at birth, fused into one after adolescence) Coccyx (set of 4 bones at birth) Pelvis. The pelvis consists of two parts: anterior and posterior.