Human Anatomy Part 1 - K. A. Dyubenko, A. K. Kolomiysev, Y. B. Chaykovsky 2002

Special Part
Bones of the Lower Limb, ossa membri inferioris
Pelvic girdle - Hip bone

The hip bone [pelvic bone], os coxae [pelvicum] (BNA) (Fig. 67), is formed by three separate bones: the ilium, os ilii, the ischium, os ischii [ischium], and the pubis, os pubis, which are connected by Cartilage. After the age of 16-17, the cartilaginous junction is replaced by Bone tissue. In the anterior region of the hip bone, there is the obturator foramen, foramen obturatum, and in the region where the bodies of the three bones meet, the acetabulum is formed, which serves for articulation with the HEAD of the Femur. The acetabulum is bounded by the acetabular margin, limbus acetabuli, with the acetabular notch, incisura acetabuli, inferiorly. At the bottom of the acetabulum lies the acetabular fossa, fossa acetabuli, bounded by the lunate surface, facies lunata.



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