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What is the coxae?

Updated: 11/16/2022
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OS cox·ae (k k s ). n. The hipbone. OS coxae

The OS coxae is made of three fused bones the ilium, ischium, and pubis. Note these bones do not fuse until adulthood (about 16 or 17 years old).

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What term describes the hipbone?

Os Coxae


What anterior muscles of the thigh that originate on the os coxae are?

Rectus femoris and sartorius are anterior muscles of the thigh that originate on the os coxae.


How is the femur attached to the os coxae?

By the hip joint


Where are the OS coxae bones located?

The OS Coxae or hip bone is the combination of the ilium, pubis, and iscium that are fused together


How does the ossa coxae compare in a fetal skeletal and adult skeletal?

The ossa coxae (containing the ililum, ishium, and pubic bones) are not fused in a fetal skeleton like in an adult human.


What joins the two OS coxae at the anterior junction?

the sacrum


Is coxae a part of axial skeleton?

No, they are part of the appendicular skeleton.


Fuse to form the os coxae?

Ilium, Ischium, and pubis.


What bones make up the os coxae?

Ilium, Pubis and the Ischium


What are three regions on each Os Coxae?

ilium, ischium, and pubis


What joins the two os coxae at the anterior junction of these bones?

Symphysis Pubis/ Pubic Symphysis


What are the two bones that forms the sides of the head in the ear region?

the sacrum and os coxae