2029: sacrum Jul 5, 2020

We probably don't think of biology as being terribly spiritual, but there are a few lingering terms that are. For instance, the 'sacrum' has for a long time been understood to be where the soul resides. For reference, the sacrum is the bone at the base of the spine between the hip-bones. Many cultures including the Egyptians, Greeks, and Israelites understood this to be so, and hence the name '(os) sacrum' comes from the Latin meaning 'sacred (bone)'.

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