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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