sacral cornu

sacral cornu
sacral cornu n a rounded process on each side of the fifth sacral vertebra that projects downward and represents an inferior articular process of the vertebra

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cornu sacrale [TA] sacral horn: either of the two hook-shaped processes extending downward from the arch of the last sacral vertebra.

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