According to Gray's Anatomy, the obturator foramen is contained by sometimes called pelvic region of the trunk) is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the lower limbs (legs).
The pelvis includes several structures:
The bony pelvis, or pelvic skeleton, the part of the skeleton connecting the sacrum region of the spine to the femurs.
Subdivided into the pelvic girdle (the two hip bones, which are part of the appendicular skeleton) and the pelvic region of the spine (sacrum, and coccyx, which are part of the axial skeleton)
The pelvic cavity, typically defined as a small part of the space enclosed by the pelvic skeleton, delimited by the pelvic brim above and the pelvic floor below; alternatively, the pelvic cavity is sometimes also defined as the whole space enclosed by the pelvic skeleton, subdivided into:
The greater or false pelvis, above the pelvic brim
The lesser or true pelvis, below the pelvic brim
The pelvic floor or pelvic diaphragm, below the pelvic cavity
The perineum, below the pelvic diaphragm
In the human, the pelvic skeleton is formed in the area of the back (posterior dorsal), by the sacrum and the coccyx (the caudal portion of the axial skeleton), and laterally and anteriorly (forward and to the side), by a pair of hip bones, the lower extremity, (parts of the appendicular skeleton).
In an adult human being, the pelvic skeleton is thus composed of three large bones, and the coccyx (3-5 bones);
However, before puberty, each hip bone consists of three discrete (separate) bones - the ilium, ischium, pubis - that have yet to fuse at adulthood; thus, in puberty, the human pelvic skeleton can comprise more than 10 bones, depending upon the composition of the person's coccyx.
The obturator foramen is a hole created by the ischium and pelvis bone of the pelvis. Its function is to let nerves and muscles pass through.
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Obturator foramen. Fusion of the rami of the pubis anteriorly and the ischium posteriorly forms a bar of bone enclosing the obturator foramen.
The obturator foramen is the largest foramen in the human skeleton, located in the pelvic girdle.
The obturator foramen is the largest foramen in the human body.
Obturator Nerve, Obturator Artery, and Obturator Vein.
The obturator internus is defined as a muscle that surrounds the obturator foramen in the pelvis. Mild adenopathy is defined as large or swollen lymph nodes.
Obturator foramen. Fusion of the rami of the pubis anteriorly and the ischium posteriorly forms a bar of bone enclosing the obturator foramen.
The obturator foramen is the largest foramen in the human skeleton, located in the pelvic girdle.
Obturator Foramen
obturator foramen
The obturator foramen is the largest foramen in the human body.
Obturator foramen
Obturator Nerve, Obturator Artery, and Obturator Vein.
Occipital bone in the skull. the obturator foramen is where your skull articulates with the vertebral column.
The obturator internus is defined as a muscle that surrounds the obturator foramen in the pelvis. Mild adenopathy is defined as large or swollen lymph nodes.
obturator foramen
obturator foramen
The foramen in males is large and oval shaped (almost a flattened isoceles triangle). The foramen in females is much more triangular, as well as smaller.