Landmark · Skeletal system
Ischium
Os ischii
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Pelvis, Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Hip bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The ischium forms the lower and back part of the hip bone (os coxae).
Situated below the ilium and behind the pubis, it is one of these three bones whose fusion creates the hip.
The superior portion of this bone forms approximately one-third of the acetabulum.
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Names
- Latin
- Os ischii
- English
- Ischium
- French
- Ischium
- Spanish
- Hueso Isquion
- Portuguese
- Ísquio