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coccyx

noun as in small of the back

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Following a motorcycle crash in which I knocked out my left knee and fractured my coccyx in seven places 10 years ago, I’ve struggled to bend into deep deadlifts.

Lumbar support cushions like this one by Everlasting Comfort, and this one by Newgam, can help avoid and relieve pain in the lower back and coccyx by facilitating a neutral position.

The Englishman coming up behind her seized her where he could, in the region of her coccyx and her left rib cage.

The sinus on the back extends from the coccyx to the ribs, and from one ilium to the other.

The pieces of the abdomen and of the terminal segment correspond to the bones of the abdomen and coccyx (p. 458).

The bone immediately below the sacrum, called the coccyx, is essentially the representative of the tail in man.

In Man all the four caudal vertebrae are rudimentary and are fused together, forming the coccyx.

The os coccyx in man, though functionless as a tail, plainly represents this part in other vertebrate animals.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to coccyx, such as: dorsal region, and lumbar region.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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