Sacralisation
Object numberGC.6055
TitleSacralisation
DescriptionVertebra. Pelvis of an adult male, showing right sacralization of the fifth lumbar,
The right transverse process and pedicle have sacral characters, are broad and massive and fuse with the ala of the sacrum converting the inferior vertebral notch into a lumbosacral foramen in series with the right anterior sacral foramina. At the inferior and lateral margin of the right lumbosacral foramen a funnel-shaped depression directed laterally indicates the line of junction between the vertebra and the sacral ala. Posteriorly the opening of the lumbosacral foramen is small, irregular and partly obscured.
Object nameBONE, pelvis
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Case Height: 22.0 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Depth: 22.5 cm