In human anatomy, the sacrum and the coccyx are studied as part of the pelvis; we, therefore, in the study of the artistic anatomy of man, study these bones with the bones of the lower limbs.
A lady complained of pain in her rectum continuously; the coccyx was also quite tender to the touch.
Even in this case the os coccyx may be said to possess a vestige of so important a structure as the spinal cord, though no longer enclosed within a bony canal.
The os coccyx in man, though functionless as a tail, plainly represents this part in other vertebrate animals.
For instance, the heart at first exists as a simple pulsating vessel; the excreta are voided through a cloacal passage; and the os coccyx projects like a true tail, "extending considerably beyond the rudimentary legs.
The os coccyx is short, usually including only four vertebrae: and these are in a rudimental condition, for they consist, with the exception of the basal one, of the centrum alone.
If you tell me anything about the os coccyx or other structures, I hope that you will permit me to quote the statement on your authority, as that would add so greatly to its value.
When medicinal treatment fails to give relief, the coccyx may be excised.
Coccydynia# is the name applied to a condition in which the patient experiences severe pain in the region of the coccyx on sitting or walking, and during defecation.
On rectal examination the coccyx is exceedingly tender, and it is sometimes found to be less movable than normal, and unduly arched forward.
The region which extends from the umbilicus to the point of the coccyxis marked upon the cutaneous surface by a central raphe dividing the hypogastrium, the penis, the scrotum, and the perinaeum respectively into equal and similar sides.
The straight diameter, from the point of the coccyx to the lower edge of the symphysis pubis, measures only 3.
Broca and others claim that the sacrum and the coccyx represent the normal tail of man, but examples are not infrequent in which there has been a fleshy or bony tail appended to the coccygeal region.
The coccyxwas covered with the skin on both the anterior and posterior surfaces.
The prolongation of the coccyx sometimes takes the shape of a caudal extremity in man.
Jacob describes a pouch of skin resembling a tail which hung from the tip of the coccyx to the length of six inches.
Occasionally it is reported after severe labor, particularly when the head of the child was very large, or after first labor when the coccyx has been beforehand bent inward somewhat abnormally and is pushed out by the oncoming head.
The sinus on the back extends from the coccyx to the ribs, and from one ilium to the other.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coccyx" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
