assimilation pelvis

assimilation pelvis
a pelvis with fusing of the transverse processes in the lumbar or sacral regions; a high-assimilation pelvis is one with fusing of the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum, including six vertebral segments, and a low-assimilation pelvis is one with fusing of the last sacral vertebra with the first coccygeal body, including four vertebral segments.

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