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.

[edit] Additional images

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

[edit] External links

• SUNY Figs 12:01-04
• SUNY Labs 17:st-0202
• SUNY Labs 17:os-0104

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v • d • e 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