Landmark · Skeletal system
Outer lip of iliac crest
Labium externum cristae iliacae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Pelvis, Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Hip bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The outer lip bulges laterally into the iliac tubercle.
Palpable in its entire length, the iliac crest is convex superiorly but is sinuously curved, being concave inward in front, concave outward behind.
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Names
- Latin
- Labium externum cristae iliacae
- English
- Outer lip of iliac crest
- French
- Lèvre externe de la crête iliaque
- Spanish
- Labio externo de la cresta ilíaca
- Portuguese
- Lábio externo da crista ilíaca