Coccyx and lower back. Coloured X-ray of a side view of the coccyx and lower back of a healthy adult man. The front of the body is at right. At top,the bottom two lumbar vertebrae (orange,block-like) are seen. Below them at lower left is the sacrum,a bone formed from five fused vertebrae in the pelvis. At the base of the sacrum is the coccyx (bottom left),a small bone formed from four fused vertebrae that is an evolutionary remnant of a tail. The round ball- joint of the thigh-bone (femur) is at lower right | |
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