Body of pubic bone

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Bone: Body of pubic bone
Pelvis. Body is 4a.
Latin	corpus ossis pubis
Gray's	subject #57 236
Dorlands / Elsevier	c_56/12260697

The body of pubic bone forms one-fifth of the acetabulum, contributing by its external surface both to the lunate surface and the acetabular fossa.

Its internal surface enters into the formation of the wall of the lesser pelvis and gives origin to a portion of the Obturator internus.

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 44:st-0715 - "The Male Pelvis: Hip bone"

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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