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I believe the answer would be coccygeal
Final Answer: coccyx
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The tailbone is the base of what?
The tail bone or the coccyx are four fused vertebrae found at the base of the spine. This is said to be the remnant of the tail found in other mammals.
What is a sacral vertebra?
The vertebrae is located at the top of your body and ends at your lower back.
What are vestigial structures found in humans?
The "Coccyx" or "Tail bone," as a common name.
What are bones in your buttock called?
There is a rumour going around that the bone in your buttocks is called the "bootius maximus" As a "bootius maximus" is a joke term from "booty" and maximum meaning a good looking and large female rear end, the person supplying you with the answer may have been setting you up for future embarrassment. Like using the term on WikiAnswers as the correct answer. The muscle (not the bone) in the buttock is the gluteus maximus (or glutæus maximus) The bones of the hip are the ilium, ischium, and pubis. If you include the vestigial human "tail" you would add the coccyx comprised of three to five separate or fused vertebrae (the coccygeal vertebrae) below the sacrum.
Number of bones of spinal column?
There are 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar vertebrae, the 5 sacral vertebrae fused to form the sacrum, and the 4 coccygeal vertebrae fused to form the coccyx. Depending on the way you count the number of bones, it comes to as few as 26 bones (just the fused sacrum and fused coccyx are counted) or 33 bones (if you count each bone that is fused).
The tailbone is the base of what?
The tail bone or the coccyx are four fused vertebrae found at the base of the spine. This is said to be the remnant of the tail found in other mammals.
Is a human tail bone a tail?
Not exactly. It is the vestigial remnant of a tail.
Where is a fused bone located?
a fused bone is located in you skull and in your sacrum and coccyx( tail bone)
What is a sacral vertebra?
The vertebrae is located at the top of your body and ends at your lower back.
How many backbones does a bird have?
Birds have one backbone that consists of various numbers of vertebrae. There are 11 to 25 cervical vertebrae (neck), the synsacrum (fused vertebrae of the back connected to the pelvis), and the pygostyle (tail bone).
What is vestigial organ Give an example?
A vestigial organ is an organ that has no beneficial use to an organism. Ex. Tail bone in Humans
What are vestigial structures found in humans?
The "Coccyx" or "Tail bone," as a common name.
What is the Triangular bone below the lumbar vertebrae?
The sacrum, which consists of 5 fused bones, and the coccyx are below the lumbar vertebrae in the spine.
How many bones are in the tail bone?
The Coccyx (tail bone) consist of 4 vertebrae that fuse by the 25th year.
What are bones in your buttock called?
There is a rumour going around that the bone in your buttocks is called the "bootius maximus" As a "bootius maximus" is a joke term from "booty" and maximum meaning a good looking and large female rear end, the person supplying you with the answer may have been setting you up for future embarrassment. Like using the term on WikiAnswers as the correct answer. The muscle (not the bone) in the buttock is the gluteus maximus (or glutæus maximus) The bones of the hip are the ilium, ischium, and pubis. If you include the vestigial human "tail" you would add the coccyx comprised of three to five separate or fused vertebrae (the coccygeal vertebrae) below the sacrum.
Does a tail have a bone in it?
The tails of vertebrates have bones in them called vertebrae.
Is a dogs tail one bone or several?
Many. It's tail has many vertebrae in it
