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Ilium

🔄 Synonyms of "Ilium"

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Word	Definition
troynoun	A male given name.
ilionnoun	Obsolete form of ilium. [(anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.]

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Word	Definition
ilionnoun	Obsolete form of ilium. [(anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.]
troynoun	A male given name.
ischiumnoun	(anatomy) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.
hip bonenoun	(anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
iliac crestnoun	(anatomy) The visible impressions made by the ilium marking the top of the pelvis at the threshold of the torso and lower extremities.
pubisnoun	The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
ischial tuberositynoun	(anatomy) Each of the two lower extremities of the pelvis in humans (and other animals), on which the weight is placed while sitting and which are covered by the gluteus maximus while standing.
iliac fossanoun	(anatomy) A large, smooth, concave surface on the internal surface of the ilium.
iliac arterynoun	(anatomy) One of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs.
ileocecumnoun	(anatomy) The ilium and the cecum
sit bonenoun	Either of the two ischial tuberosities.
iliac furrownoun	(anatomy) The visible indentation above an iliac crest and beneath the navel, usually only visible on physically fit people.
prepubisnoun	(anatomy) A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.
pelvisnoun	(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
os coxaenoun	(anatomy) Synonym of hip bone.
thighnoun	The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
subiliumnoun	(anatomy) The lower layer of the ilium
innominate bonenoun	(anatomy) Synonym of hip bone (“one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis”).
os innominatumnoun	(anatomy) The innominate bone (hip bone).
common iliac arterynoun	(anatomy) Either of the two large arteries arising from the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta which occurs at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra.