Sentences with phrase «sacral vertebrae»

These locations range from the occiput vertebrae in the neck to the sacral vertebrae and coccyx.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the spinal cord column consists of more than 31 bones (or vertebrae), 7 cervical vertebrae (neck), 12 thoracic vertebrae (upper and middle back), 5 lumbar vertebrae (lower back), 5 sacral vertebrae (sacrum) and 2 fused coccygeal vertebrae (coccyx).

The section between the last lumbar and first sacral vertebrae is called the lumbosacral (L - S) junction.

The fused sacral vertebrae are hard to visualize because they are within the pelvis.

There are seven cervical (neck) vertebrae, 13 thoracic (chest) vertebrae, seven lumbar (lower back) vertebrae, three sacral vertebrae (which are fused), and a variable number of tail vertebrae.

Not exact matches

Not everyone has the standard 33 vertebrae: From top to tail, that's seven cervical, 12 thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral and four coccygeal.

The second change involved in the transition to frogs and toads from other amphibians was in the sacral ribs, broad bones attached to a vertebra which in most land - living vertebrates fit below and inside the pelvis to hold it fixed relative to the backbone.

This last, the lumbo - sacral region, is the place most transitional vertebrae occur in dogs.