SACRUM & COCCYX Flashcards
consists of five rudimentary vertebrae fused together to form a wedge-shaped bone
sacrum
The anterior and upper margins of the first sacral vertebra bulges forward as the posterior margin of
the pelvic inlet and is known as the
sacral promontory
vertebral foramina form the
sacral canal
The laminae of the 5th sacral vertebra, and sometimes those of the 4th also, fail to meet in the midline, forming the
sacral hiatus
consists of four vertebrae fused together to form a single, small triangular bone that articulates at its base with the lower end of the sacrum
coccyx
what cervical vertebra consists a cervical rib?
7th cervical vertebra
what lumbar may be incorporated into the sacrum?
5th lumbar vertebra