Pelvis
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| Gray's | subject #57 236 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_10/12623123 | |
This article is about the large compound hip structure. For the renal analog, see Renal pelvis.
The pelvis (pl. pelvises or pelves) is the bony structure located at the base of the spine (properly known as the caudal end). The pelvis incorporates the socket portion of the hip joint for each leg (in bipeds) or hind leg (in quadrupeds). It forms the lower limb (or hind-limb) girdle of the skeleton.
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 Radiograph of a healthy human hip joint |  Median sagittal section of pelvis. |  Articulations of pelvis. Anterior view. |  Articulations of pelvis. Posterior view. |
 Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. |
[edit] See also
- Bone terminology
- Terms for anatomical location
- Hip fracture
- Lesser pelvis
- Greater pelvis
- Pelvic cavity
- Pelvic fracture
- Pelvic Bone Width
- Coccyx (tailbone)
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| General | sacrum, coccyx, hip bone |
| Ilium | Arcuate line - Wing - gluteal lines (Posterior, Anterior, Inferior) - Fossa - Tuberosity - Crest - iliac spines (Anterior superior - Anterior inferior - Posterior superior - Posterior inferior) |
| Ischium | Body (Ischial spine, Lesser sciatic notch) - Superior ramus (Tuberosity of the ischium) - Inferior ramus |
| Pubis | Superior ramus (Pubic tubercle, Pubic crest, Obturator crest) - Inferior ramus (Pectineal line) |
| Compound | Obturator foramen - Acetabulum - Acetabular notch - Greater sciatic notch - Iliopectineal eminence - Ischiopubic ramus - Pubic arch - Lesser pelvis (Pelvic inlet, Pelvic brim, Pelvic outlet) - Greater pelvis |
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