Group · Skeletal system
Bones of pelvic girdle
Ossa cinguli pelvici
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Pelvis, Lower limb
- Part of
- Bones of lower limb
DescriptionUnreviewed
The pelvic skeleton, or pelvic girdle, is formed posteriorly (in the area of the back), by the sacrum and the coccyx and laterally and anteriorly (forward and to the sides), by a pair of hip bones.
Each hip bone consists of 3 sections, ilium, ischium, and pubis.
During childhood, these sections are separate bones, joined by the triradiate cartilage.
During puberty, they fuse together to form a single bone.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Ossa cinguli pelvici
- English
- Bones of pelvic girdle
- French
- Os de la ceinture pelvienne
- Spanish
- Huesos del cíngulo pélvico
- Portuguese
- Ossos da cintura pélvica