Lateral sacral crest

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Lateral sacral crest
Sacrum, dorsal surface.
Lateral surfaces of sacrum and coccyx.
Latin crista sacralis lateralis
Gray's subject #24 108
Dorlands/Elsevier c_62/12266814

On the lateral side of the posterior sacral foramina is a series of tubercles, which represent the transverse processes of the sacral vertebrae, and form the lateral sacral crest.

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Spine edit

general structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous)

cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium

thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse)

lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process

sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus