Auricular surface of sacrum
Facies auricularis ossis sacri
- Related terms: Auricular surface
Definition
The upper half of the sacrum presents in front an ear-shaped surface, the auricular surface, covered with cartilage in the fresh state, for articulation with the ilium.
References
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/).
