ISCHIO-COCCYGECS

(Lat.), n. m. I2s-ki2(ch2i2)-o(o3 )-ko2kSi2i(ku6g)'e2-u3s(u4s). From iv\iov, the hip joint, and KOKKV. the coccyx. Fr., ischio-coccygien. Ger., Gesd beinmuskel. 1. A muscle arising from thesacro-ischiadic ligament and the ischiadic crest and inserted into the side of the last sacral vertebra and the first two coccygeal vertebrae. 2. Of Henle, that portion of the levator ani which arises from the obturator fascia. [L, 13.] [s. 497]