Coccyx Bone Type. A bruised tailbone can be very painful but various treatments can help relieve the pain. Coccyx is a Greek word for cuckoo because the shape resembles the bill of a cuckoo bird 1.
The coccyx also known as the tailbone is a small triangular bone resembling a shortened tail located at the bottom of the spine. The sacrum and coccyx are weight-bearing spinal structures. The tail has shortened and the vertebrae.
The tailbone of the coccyx is at the lower end of the spine The sacrum of the lower back is called the lumbar vertebrae.
The tailbone or coccyx is a small bony structure at the bottom of your spine. See Normal Spinal Anatomy. The term coccyx comes from the Greek word for cuckoo as it resembles a birds beak with the tip pointed down. Type II is found in 832 of people and has a more prominent ventral curvature resulting in the coccyx apex pointing anteriorly.
