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 typically 3–4 vertebrae that fuse into one.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The spinal column is composed of the seven cervical vertebrae, the nine thoracic vertebra, the four lumbar vertebrae, the sacrum, and the coccyx.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

In some cases there is a definite history of injury, such as a kick or blow, causing fracture of the coccyx, or dislocation of the sacro-coccygeal joint.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander