Anterior inferior iliac spine

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Bone: Anterior inferior iliac spine
The Obturator externus. (Anterior inferior iliac spine visible in upper right.)
Right hip-joint from the front. (Ant. inf. iliac spine visible at upper left.)
Latin s. iliaca anterior inferior
Gray's subject #57 234
Dorlands/Elsevier s_18/12749294

Below the Sartorius notch of the anterior border of the ala of the ilium is the anterior inferior iliac spine, which ends in the upper lip of the acetabulum.

It gives attachment to the straight tendon of the Rectus femoris and to the iliofemoral ligament of the hip-joint.

Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.

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Bones of pelvis/pelvic cavity
General sacrum, coccyx, hip bone
Ilium Body (Arcuate line)
Wing: gluteal lines (Posterior, Anterior, Inferior) - Fossa - iliac spines (Anterior superior, Anterior inferior, Posterior superior, Posterior inferior) - Crest - Tuberosity
Ischium Body (Ischial spine, Lesser sciatic notch) - Superior ramus (Tuberosity of the ischium) - Inferior ramus
Pubis Body - Superior ramus (Pubic tubercle, Pubic crest, Obturator crest) - Inferior ramus (Pectineal line)
Compound Acetabulum (Acetabular notch) - Iliopubic eminence/Iliopectineal line - Linea terminalis - Ischiopubic ramus/Pubic arch

Obturator foramen - Greater sciatic foramen/Greater sciatic notch - Lesser sciatic foramen

Lesser pelvis (Pelvic inlet, Pelvic brim, Pelvic outlet) - Greater pelvis


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