| SACRUM | Bone at the base of the spine |
| COCCYX | Bone at the base of the spine |
| INION | Most prominent projection of the occipital bone at the base of the skull, used as a point of measurement in craniometry (5) |
| SPHENOID | Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the cranium featuring a depression, the sella turcica, that contains the pituitary gland (8) |
| SACRO | Prefix related to bone at base of the spine |
| HYOID | Bone at the base of the tongue |
| CORONET | A ring of bone at the base of a deer’s antler |
| PUBIS | Either of a pair of bones forming the frame at the base of the spine (5) |
| PELVIC | Of the bony frame near the base of the spine (6) |
| PELVIS | Bony structure at the base of the spine (6) |
| SACROILIAC | Joint at the base of the spine |
| KUNDALINI | From Sanskrit for "snake", coiled energy or "serpent power" at the base of the spine, according to yogis (9) |
| STERNUM | Bone at the front at the back, starts under muscle (7) |
| NOBLE | Left to point the bone at the illustrious |
| SCAPULA | Cup, alas, smashed bone at the back (7) |
| AXIS | Second of the cervical vertebra, below the atlas at the top of the spine (4) |
| LOINS | Parts of the body on both sides of the spine between the false ribs and the hipbones |
| HEADBAND | A decorative strip of coloured silk attached to the top of the spine of a hardback book; or, a hair accessory, such as a fillet or the example named after Lewis Carroll's heroine Alice (8) |
| ILIA | Bones at the top of the pelvis |
| ATLAS | The first cervical vertebra of the spine, named after the titan who held the sky on his shoulders (5 |
