ischium
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the lower portion of either innominate bone.
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either of the bones on which the body rests when sitting.
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What is ischial tuberosity? Ischial tuberosity is the name for the part of the pelvis that supports a person while sitting. How to pronounce ischial tuberosity[ is-kee-uhl too-buh-ros-i-tee ]
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Origin of ischium
1640–50; < Latin < Greek ischíon hip-joint
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Its ischium, a pelvic bone, has a strong kink in it, compared to the more banana-like ischium from other fossils.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 20, 2024
In adults, the hip bones, or coxal bones, are formed by the fusion of three pairs of bones: the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The three areas of each hip bone, the ilium, pubis, and ischium, converge centrally to form a deep, cup-shaped cavity called the acetabulum.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Growing layers of cartilage also form synchondroses that join together the ilium, ischium, and pubic portions of the hip bone during childhood and adolescence.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The dorsal part arises directly from the ischium along the dorsal edge of the obturator foramen.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
The ailment results when friction causes inflammation of the bursae, or small, fluid-filled sacs, in places where tendons pass over the ischia, or hipbones.
From Time Magazine Archive
The anterior region of the crupper is thus much broader than that occupied by the ischia.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
On the skeleton of the horse in the École des Beaux-Arts, the distance which separates the tuberosities of the ischia is 225 millimetres; that between the two spines of each iliac bone is 25 centimetres.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
In connection with the leaping habit, the ilia are greatly elongated, and the pubes and ischia much reduced.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
These relations are evidently of importance with regard to shape, since the iliac crests and the ischia are noticeable beneath the skin.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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