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

Preferred term

Sacrum  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Sacra

Note

  • do not confuse with LUMBOSACRAL REGION or SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION

Scope note

  • Five fused VERTEBRAE forming a triangle-shaped structure at the back of the PELVIS. It articulates superiorly with the LUMBAR VERTEBRAE, inferiorly with the COCCYX, and anteriorly with the ILIUM of the PELVIS. The sacrum strengthens and stabilizes the PELVIS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012447

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