Clemens Franzmayr

Biography

 He is working as a Doctor of Diabetes and Endocrinology, New Zealand. His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study.  His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals.

Research Interest

 It is one of the smallest parts of our skeleton and rather unimportant - a rudiment actually - because we don't wear a tail any longer. But for some it is hell, and sometimes for years. Please meet os coccygis, the tailbone. In the old anatomists tradition of naming parts according to similarities in nature, coccyx comes from Greek 'kokkoux' (cuckoo), as the human tailbone resembles the shape of a cuckoo's beak. We learned at university the tailbone is in the way during childbirth, so with hormonal changes towards the end of pregnancy the synchondrosis between the sacrum and coccyx softens and increases mobility to enable the child's head to pass through the pelvis. We also learned that anatomically the tailbone consists of four or five bony connected rudiments of vertebrae. The tailbone in the whole is connected to the sacrum in a synchondrosis which allows flexion - extension movement, similar to a pendulum movement.