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
Similarly, the coccyx, or tailbone, results from the fusion of four small coccygeal vertebrae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The coccyx is small and derived from the fusion of four small vertebrae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The upper part is a little more than three inches long; beginning in front of the third sacral vertebra and extending down to the end or tip of the coccyx.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)
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
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
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