What is "sacral"

Usage examples of "sacral".

Anorectal atresia is the ordinary imperforation of the anus, in which the rectum terminates in the middle of the sacral cavity.

We sometimes observe a condition of anterior curvature of the lumbar and sacral regions, which might be taken for a congenital lordosis, but this is really a deformity produced after birth by the physiologic weight of the body.

It stimulates the sacral nerves directly and makes consummation possibleharem eunuchs have a whole bag of tricks for dealing with the little problems of their masters.

The sacral promontory was exaggerated, and the anteroposterior pelvic diameter of the inlet in consequence diminished.

The twins were united below the third sacral vertebrae in such a manner that they could lie alongside of each other.

From the body of an otherwise perfectly formed child was a supernumerary head protruding from a broad base attached to the lower lumbar and sacral region.

Dufour has detailed a case of a young man of twenty whose sacral region contained a tuft of hair as long and black, thick and pliant, as that of the head, and, particularly remarkable in this case, the skin from which it grew was as fine and white as the integument of the rest of the body.

In man the lumbar vertebrae have sometimes assumed the character of the sacral vertebrae, the sacral vertebrae presenting the aspect of lumbar vertebrae, etc.

He knew he dared not linger to savor the feeling, but when Father Derfel had covered the ciborium again and put it back into the tabernacle, he felt a greater sense of his own sacral station than he had ever felt before, even at his anointing as king.

Communication was effected through the pituitary body and also by means of the orangefiery and scarlet rays emanating from the sacral region and solar plexus.

The wolf numbered among the sacral animals is the canis lupaster, which exists in Egypt at the present day.

Additional features distinguishing dinosaurs from other reptiles include: the division of the vertebral column into several regions, a long and mobile neck, and at least three sacral vertebrae in contact with the pelvis.

Characteristic of ornithischians are, among other skeletal features, the presence of ossified tendons along the vertebral column and the presence of at least five sacral vertebrae in contact with the pelvis.

The pelvic bones, the pubic symphyses and sacral articulation to the innominates never softened.

It was all the colors of sunflame, crimson and cloud pink and ruddy gold, and it held its petals cupped like sacral hands.