Linea terminalis

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Linea terminalis
Diameters of superior aperture of lesser pelvis -- female.
Female pelvis.
Latin	linea terminalis pelvis
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_10/12496444

The linea terminalis consists of the pectineal line, the pubic crest and the arcuate line.

It is part of the pelvic brim or pelvic inlet.

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Pelvis

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• linea+terminalis at eMedicine Dictionary

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