Pelvic brim

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Bone: Pelvic brim
Diameters of superior aperture of lesser pelvis -- female. (Pelvic brim is not labeled, but is identifiablea as the central opening at the top.)
Female pelvis.
Gray's	subject #58 238

The pelvis is divided by an oblique plane passing through the prominence of the sacrum, the arcuate and pectineal lines, and the upper margin of the symphysis pubis, into the greater pelvis and the lesser pelvis. The circumference of this plane is termed the pelvic brim or pelvic opening.

See also

• linea terminalis
• Pelvis justo major

Additional images

Pelvis

External links

• SUNY Labs 44:os-0504

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