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What is the upper part of the pelvic bone called?

ilium


What is the name of the upper bone in in your hip?

Ilium Ischium Pubis


What part of the body is called the ilium?

The ilium, the ischium, and the pubis are all parts of your hip bones.


What is the ridge between the upper lip and nose called?

A Karmen (car-men)


What are the upper pelvic bones called?

Ilium - you have one either side of your midline. The continue from the sacrum at the back to the pubis at the front. The uppermost part is called the iliac crest. You can normally feel the Anterior Superior Iliac spine as your front "hip bone" and the Posterior Superior Iliac spine as your rear "hip bone" - they are different parts of the same continuous bone.


What is the name of the name of the hip bone?

The hipbone is made up of three major bones: the ilium, ischium, and pubis. Of these three, the ilium is the most superior. The broad, curved portion on the upper part of the ilium is known as the iliac crest.


What is the superior margin of the hip bone?

It is known as the iliac crest. It is located at the superior (upper) edge of the ilium. In females, the iliac crest is longer, and curves outward (laterally) more so than in males. This is part of the wider structure of the ilium in females, than in males, which accounts for wider hips as a norm.


Where does the word lliad originate from?

Ancient Greece


What is the difference between an Ilium and an Iliac crest?

The ilium is one of the three bones that make up the hip bone, while the iliac crest is a prominent ridge at the top of the ilium. The iliac crest serves as an attachment site for muscles and ligaments, and can be felt on the side of the hip.


What is an Ilium?

The ilium is the largest of the three bones that make up the hip bone. It is located on the uppermost and largest part of the pelvis. The ilium plays a key role in supporting the weight of the body and providing attachment points for muscles.


Is ilium one of the bones of the pelvic girdle?

No, it is the large bone in the upper part of the leg above the knee


Bones of the upper pelvis?

THE SACRUM AND THE ILIUM ARE THE LARGEST BONES OF THE PELVIS AND THE ARE IN THE UPPER REGION OF THE PELVIS FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE PELVIC BONES SEE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_bone