- sacrovertebral angle
- the angle formed at the junction of the sacrum with the lowest lumbar vertebra; called also lumbosacral a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
sacrovertebral angle
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Sacrovertebral angle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 24 GrayPage = 106 Caption = Lumbar vertebrae are yellow, and sacrum is green. Caption2 = Width = 174 System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = a 41 DorlandsSuf = 12135983 The sacrum is… … Wikipedia
Sacrovertebral — Sa cro*ver te*bral, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lumbosacral angle — sacrovertebral a … Medical dictionary
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Sacral promontory — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = promontorium ossis sacri GraySubject = 24 GrayPage = 106 Caption = Sacrum, pelvic surface. (Promontory labeled at top.) Caption2 = Female pelvis and its contents, seen from above and in front. (Sacral… … Wikipedia
conjugata vera pelvis — [TA] true conjugate of pelvis: a diameter of the pelvic outlet, the anteroposterior diameter measured between the superior margin of the symphysis pubis and the sacrovertebral angle; this is the shortest diameter that the fetal head must pass… … Medical dictionary
