coccyx
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The boy was fifteen, skinny, almost malnourished, so that the hip bones and coccyx stood out sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Following this evolutionary split, the group of apes that includes present-day humans evolved the formation of fewer tail vertebrae, giving rise to the coccyx, or tailbone.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2024
Around the age of 70, the sacrum and the coccyx may fuse together.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The coccyx is typically 3–4 vertebrae that fuse into one.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A lady complained of pain in her rectum continuously; the coccyx was also quite tender to the touch.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
They are joined at the coccyges and sacra, and the spinal columns have nearly the same axis.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
The twins are joined only by the latero-posterior aspects of the sacra and coccyges, so that the two individuals are placed almost back to back.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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