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Sacrum n. (pl. sacra) (Anat.) That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis. Note: It may consist of a single vertebra or of several more or less consolidated. In man it forms the dorsal, or posterior, wall of the pelvis, and consists of five united vertebrae, which diminish in size very rapidly to the posterior extremity, which bears the coccyx.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sacrum" Quotes from Famous Books

... SACRAL.—Belonging to the sacrum, or the bone composed usually of two or more united vertebrae to which the sides of the pelvis in vertebrate ...

— On the Origin of Species - 6th Edition • Charles Darwin

... was one busy nightmare of disjointed limbs. Professor Essig, could he have been dragged through Skitzton, would have delivered his farewell lecture upon his return. "Gentlemen—Fuit Ilium, Fuit Ischium, Fuit Sacrum, anatomy has lost her seat among the sciences. My occupation's gone." Professor Owen's book "On the Nature of Limbs," must contain, in the next edition, an Appendix "Upon Limbs in Skitzland." I was dragged through the streets, and all that I ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. • Various

Words linked to "Sacrum" : pelvis, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, hip, sacral