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
The coccyx is small and derived from the fusion of four small vertebrae.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The pelvic diaphragm, spanning anteriorly to posteriorly from the pubis to the coccyx, comprises the levator ani and the ischiococcygeus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Our coccyx is a vestige of the tail of animals.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
