Iliac tuberosity

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Bone: Iliac tuberosity
Right hip bone. External surface.
Right hip bone. Internal surface.
Latin tuberositas iliaca
Gray's subject #57 234
Dorlands/Elsevier t_21/12829162

Behind the iliac fossa is a rough surface, divided into two portions, an anterior and a posterior. The posterior portion, known as the iliac tuberosity, is elevated and rough, for the attachment of the posterior sacroiliac ligaments and for the origins of the Sacrospinalis and Multifidus.

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 As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.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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