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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Spine > Coccyx
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Spine > Coccyx

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Coccyx  

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Entry terms

  • Caudal Vertebrae
  • Vertebrae, Caudal

Note

  • do not confuse with COCCYGEAL REGION

Scope note

  • The last bone in the VERTEBRAL COLUMN in tailless primates considered to be a vestigial tail-bone consisting of three to five fused VERTEBRAE.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003050

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