Sacral horn
Cornu sacrale
- Latin synonym: Cornu ossis sacri
- Synonym: Sacral cornu
Definition
The tubercles which represent the inferior articular processes of the fifth sacral vertebra are prolonged downward as rounded processes, which are named the sacral horns (sacral cornua), and are connected to the cornua of the coccyx.
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
