Pelvis
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The pelvis is the lower part of an anatomical trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs, together with its embedded skeleton.
The same human pelvis, front imaged by X-ray (top), magnetic resonance imaging (middle), and three-dimensional computed tomography (bottom)
The pelvic girdle of the dinosaur Falcarius utahensis
Diameters of pelvic inlet
Hip bone
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The hip bone is a large flat bone, constricted in the center and expanded above and below. In some vertebrates it is composed of three parts: the ilium, ischium, and the pubis.
Pelvis
…floor. The pelvic skeleton is formed in the area of the back, by the sacrum and the coccyx and anteriorly and to the left and right sides, by a pair of hip bones. The two hip bones connect the spine with the lower limbs. They are attached to the sacrum posteriorly, connected to each other anteriorly, and joined…
Position of the hip bones (shown in red) on male
Hip bone.Medial view.
Hip bone. Lateral view.