Landmark · Skeletal system
Sacral canal
Canalis sacralis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen, Pelvis, Back
- Landmark on
- Sacrum
DescriptionUnreviewed
The sacral canal is a continuation of the spinal canal and runs throughout the greater part of the sacrum.
Above the sacral hiatus, it is triangular in form.
The canal lodges the sacral nerves, via the anterior and posterior sacral foramina.
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Names
- Latin
- Canalis sacralis
- English
- Sacral canal
- French
- Canal sacral
- Spanish
- Canal sacral
- Portuguese
- Canal sacral