Pelvis

Bone: Pelvis
Gray's	subject #57 236
Dorlands/Elsevier	p_10/12623123

The pelvis (pl. pelvises or pelves) is the bony structure located at the base of the spine (properly known as the caudal end). The pelvis incorporates the socket portion of the hip joint for each leg (in bipeds) or hind leg (in quadrupeds). It forms the lower limb (or hind-limb) girdle of the skeleton.

Additional images

Radiograph of a healthy human hip joint	Median sagittal section of pelvis.	Articulations of pelvis. Anterior view.
Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis.	Articulations of pelvis. Posterior view.

See also

• Bone terminology
• Terms for anatomical location
• Hip fracture
• Lesser pelvis
• Greater pelvis
• Pelvic cavity
• Pelvic fracture
• Pelvic Bone Width
• Coccyx (tailbone)

External links

• Pelvis at eMedicine Dictionary

v • d • e Bones of pelvis/pelvic cavity
General	sacrum, coccyx, hip bone
Ilium	Arcuate line - Wing - gluteal lines (Posterior, Anterior, Inferior) - Fossa - Tuberosity - Crest - iliac spines (Anterior superior - Anterior inferior - Posterior superior - Posterior inferior)
Ischium	Body (Ischial spine, Lesser sciatic notch) - Superior ramus (Tuberosity of the ischium) - Inferior ramus
Pubis	Superior ramus (Pubic tubercle, Pubic crest, Obturator crest) - Inferior ramus (Pectineal line)
Compound	Obturator foramen - Acetabulum - Acetabular notch - Greater sciatic notch - Iliopectineal eminence - Ischiopubic ramus - Pubic arch - Lesser pelvis (Pelvic inlet, Pelvic brim, Pelvic outlet) - Greater pelvis