Median sacral crest

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Bone: Median sacral crest
Sacrum, dorsal surface.
Lateral surfaces of sacrum and coccyx.
Latin crista sacralis mediana
Gray's subject #24 107
Dorlands
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In the middle line of the dorsal surface of the sacrum, it displays a crest, the median sacral crest, surmounted by three or four tubercles, the rudimentary spinous processes of the upper three or four sacral vertebrae.

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