Ischium (bone)
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| Bone: Ischium of pelvis | |
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| Pelvic girdle | |
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| Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Ischium labeled at bottom left.) | |
| Latin | os ischii |
| Gray's | subject #57 234 |
| MeSH | Ischium |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The ischium forms the lower and back part of the hip bone. It is situated below the ilium. The word comes from the Greek ischion, meaning "hip." (Taber's, 1985)
It is divisible into three portions:
External links
- SUNY Labs 44:st-0722 - "The Male Pelvis: Hip Bone"
- ischium at eMedicine Dictionary
- Cross section at UV pelvis/pelvis-e12-15
Additional images
Right hip bone. External surface.
Right hip bone. Internal surface.
Plan of ossification of the hip bone.
Male pelvis.
The Obturator externus.
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