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/).

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