Human Anatomy Part 1 - K. A. Diubenko, A. K. Kolomiytsev, Yu. B. Chaykovsky 2002

Special Section
Bones of the lower limb, ossa membri inferioris

Pelvic Girdle, cingulum membri inferioris:

- hip [coxal] bone, os coxae;

- ilium, os ilii;

- ischium, os ischii;

- pubis, os pubis.

Free part of the lower limb, pars libera membri inferioris:

- Femur, femur,

- Tibia, tibia;

- fibula, fibula;

- BONES OF THE FOOT, ossa pedis.

The bones of the pelvic girdle also include the sacrum, os sacrum, and the coccyx, os coccygis. The bones of the pelvic girdle articulate to form the pelvis, pelvis, which serves as a skeletal framework for the Internal Organs, a support for the trunk, and connects with the free lower limb. (The Pelvis as a whole will be studied after examining the bones of the pelvic girdle in the chapter «Arthrology”).



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