Landmark · Skeletal system
Posterior superior iliac spine
Spina iliaca posterior superior
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Pelvis, Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Hip bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior border of the ala, shorter than the anterior, also presents two projections separated by a notch, the posterior superior iliac spine and the posterior inferior iliac spine.
The posterior superior iliac spine serves for the attachment of the oblique portion of the posterior sacroiliac ligaments and the multifidus.
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Names
- Latin
- Spina iliaca posterior superior
- English
- Posterior superior iliac spine
- French
- Epine iliaque postérosupérieure
- Spanish
- Espina iliaca posterosuperior
- Portuguese
- Espinha ilíaca postero-superior