ilium

Examples

• All

• Each innominate consists of ilium, ischium, and pubis and bears an acetabulum for the femur, as it does in land mammals.

  Academic text (2001)

• One focus has been the testing of visual scoring methods for sexing the ilium, the skeletal element considered to offer the most promise for accurate sex estimation in juveniles.

  Academic text (2017)

• No breaks, no sign of trauma, except a fracture through the ilium.

  Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

• Size and shape maturity have been shown to follow different trajectories for the skull and the ilium.

  Academic text (2017)

• The fusion of three ossification centers, the ilium, the ischium, and the pubis, makes up the innominate bone.

  Academic text (2006)

• One section of the outer edge of the hip bone (the crest of the ilium) is not fused, pointing to an age of no more than 25 years for a male.

  Academic text (2002)

• In fact, the innominate in modern cetaceans is a tiny bar of bone lacking an acetabulum and distinct ischium, pubis, and ilium.

  Academic text (2001)

• The measurements include ilium width, ilium length, ilium index, horizontal diameter of the ilium acetabular area, and vertical diameter of the ilium acetabular area, and they concluded that the ilium width is the best variable for sex determination.

  Academic text (2007)

• Long hind limbs, an anteriorly extended ilium (with added sacrals), and a relatively short torso are bipedal landmarks.

  Blog text (19)

• An injury to the ilium can cause significant pain and affect mobility.

Compounds

A

arteria circumflexa ilium

• Specialized

9.9

A blood vessel that gives blood to the lower belly wall, skin, and front thigh muscle

V

vena circumflexa ilium

• Specialized

9.9

A vein in the pelvic area that runs beside its matching artery and drains blood from near the hip

Surface Forms

Etymology