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Draw with a skin marking pencil the projected outline of the Sacrum on a model in the Anatomical Position with side lighting and a time limit of two minutes.

 Objective No 89 - Criteria to be demonstrated.

1. Identify and surface mark the Posterior Superior Iliac Spines. (Objective No 86)

2. Observe that the Posterior Superior Iliac Spines lie 5cm from the Median plane.

3. Draw a line between the two Posterior Superior Iliac Spines.

4. Note that the line cuts through the body of the Second Sacral Spinous process.

5. Observe the Natal Cleft and the inverted triangle formed between the two dimples overlying the Posterior Superior Iliac Spines and the Natal Cleft.

6. The tip of the Apex of the Natal Cleft lies on a level with the Third Sacral Spine.

7. Join the Points marking the dimples to form the base of a triangle and the tip of the Natal Cleft to form the Apex.

8. Inferior to the Triangle apex the Sacral Hiatus can be located.

9. Superior to the horizontal line joining the dimples overlying the Posterior Superior Iliac Spines is located the First Sacral Vertebra.

10. Note that the Posterior Superior Iliac Spine lies over the mid point of a line indicating the surface marking of the Sacro-iliac Joint.

 

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