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coccyx

[ UK /kˈɒkɪks/ ]
NOUN
  1. the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes

How To Use coccyx In A Sentence

  • Many of my patients have pressure ulcers on the coccyx or sacrum.
  • The human body is said to contain many organs that are a carry-over from our evolutionary development - the appendix, the coccyx, tonsils, ear muscles, etc.
  • The spine is made up of 24 bones called vertebrae, plus the sacrum and coccyx.
  • The spinal column is composed of seven cervical vertebrae, twelve thoracic vertebrae, five lumbar vertebrae, the bony sacrum, and the coccyx.
  • Hold your maximum position for 15 to 30 seconds, then come up with an inhalation by pressing actively through the back heel and dragging the coccyx first down and then into the pelvis.
  • The baby's kidney was fine, but the test showed she had a sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT), a tumor located at the base of the fetus 'tailbone (coccyx). SCT -- Warmington-Fluharty
  • The coccyx is the very bottom portion of the spine. Spine-Health - Back Pain, Neck Pain, Lower Back Pain
  • For that matter an injury to the spine or the coccyx also qualifies as affecting the automatic nervous system.
  • The cavity of the lesser pelvis is bounded in front and below by the pubic symphysis and the superior rami of the pubes; above and behind, by the pelvic surfaces of the sacrum and coccyx, which, curving forward above and below, contract the superior and inferior apertures of the cavity; laterally, by a broad, smooth, quadrangular area of bone, corresponding to the inner surfaces of the body and superior ramus of the ischium and that part of the ilium which is below the arcuate line. II. Osteology. 6c. 2. The Pelvis
  • Had an appointment once with an osteopath when I had that trouble with my coccyx. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
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