Sunday, 23 November 2014

HIP GIRDLE

PARTS OF THE HIP

- ILIAC CREST: The outer crest of the ilium.

- ILIUM: The largest aspect of the hip, the proximal part of the hip.

- ISCHIUM: The bone which hangs down from ilium, houses the obiturator foramen.

- PUBIS: Two bones which are attached together by the pubic symphysis.

- PUBIC SYMPHYSIS: A piece of cartilaginous tissue which connect the two pubis bones together.

- ACETABULUM: The process in which connects the hip to the femur.

- OBITURATOR FORAMEN: The two holes situated in the ischium bone which allow nerves and blood vessels to pass through the hip girdle.


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