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The lumbosacral region of the body not only protects the spinal cord and related structures but also transmits the body weight to the lower extremity and maintains or balances the body posture. The present study was carried out on 20 dry adult sacra (10 males +10 females) to find out the incidence and type of sacralization using the score system developed by Khairnar and Rajale (2013) and classification proposed by Castellvi et al. (1984) for the degree of transition based on form and orientation of the transverse processes of LSTV. Results show the Type III LSTV in 20% of male sacra and 10% of female sacra and indicate more male predominance and suggested that sacralization bring remarkable changes in the structural organization of vertebral levels and highlighted its clinical impact on the body like low back pain, compression of nerves, pseudoarthrosis, etc.

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