The sacrum is curved upon itself and placed very obliquely, its base projecting forward and forming the prominent sacrovertebral angle when articulated with the last lumbar vertebra.
Sacrovertebral angle | |
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Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
It is also known as the "lumbosacral angle".[1]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 106 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)