sacrum

How To Use sacrum In A Sentence

• At the bottom of the spine is a large, solid bone called the sacrum.
• These sit in between your hip bones and the sacrum bone in your lower back.
• In the sacral region, these fasciculi arise from the back of the sacrum, as low as the fourth sacral foramen, from the aponeurosis of origin of the Sacrospinalis, from the medial surface of the posterior superior iliac spine, and from the posterior sacroiliac ligaments; in the lumbar region, from all the mamillary processes; in the thoracic region, from all the transverse processes; and in the cervical region, from the articular processes of the lower four vertebræ. IV. Myology. 6. The Fasciæ and Muscles of the Trunk. a. The Deep Muscles of the Back
• I at first thought of taking the length of the skull by a craniometer, and seeing what portion of the total length to the posterior edge of the sacrum it would be, but I soon discarded the idea on account of the variation in the supra-occipital process. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
• In their study, the highest interface pressures occurred under the occiput in young children and under the sacrum in older children.
• Many of my patients have pressure ulcers on the coccyx or sacrum.
• The patient used her arms while sitting to support the weight of the trunk in order to avoid pressure on the sacrum.
• The spine is made up of 24 bones called vertebrae, plus the sacrum and coccyx.
• Summary of Background Data. Extension of an existing idiopathic scoliosis fusion to the sacrum for distal degeneration or sagittal imbalance has been associated with a high rate of pseudarthrosis.
• The spinal column is composed of seven cervical vertebrae, twelve thoracic vertebrae, five lumbar vertebrae, the bony sacrum, and the coccyx.