Sacrum - an overview

sacrum  As the right side of the sacral base goes into nutation, the sacrum moves anteriorly and inferiorly on the right as it rotates to the left along an oblique axis The sacrum is a wedge-shaped piece of bone directly below the lumbar spine It is made of five fused vertebrae numbered s1 through s5 These five vertebrae

The sacrum is a large bone located at the terminal part of the vertebral canal, where it forms the posterior aspect of the pelvis It is remarkably thick, which What the Sacrum Does · Serves as an anchor point where the spinal column can attach to the pelvis and provide stability for the body's core

Anatomy Explorer The sacrum is a large wedge shaped vertebra at the inferior end of the spine It forms the solid base of the spinal column The superior articular facets are the smooth, concave, posteromedially facing articular areas on the superior articular processes of the sacrum They articulate