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ischium

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ischium [′is·kē·əm]
(anatomy)
Either of a pair of bones forming the dorsoposterior portion of the vertebrate pelvis; the inferior part of the human pelvis upon which the body rests in sitting.
(invertebrate zoology)
ischiopodite


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The researchers got permission to make computed tomography-scans of the pelvis, which is kept at the British Museum in London and they could refit the pieces of the pubis, ischium, and ilium together in a three-dimensional, virtual reconstruction.
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Additional injuries included a distal femur fracture and a fracture of the right ischium.
Flail chest in a neonate resulting from nonaccidental trauma by Tobias, Joseph D. / Southern Medical Journal
It is described by some as attaching the sacrum to the ischium (Levangie and Norkin, 2001), and by others as attaching the sacrum, ilium and coccyx to the ischial tuberosity (Agur and Dalley, 2005; Basmajian, 1982) (Figure 1).
Anatomy in practice: the sacrotuberous ligament by Woodley, S.J.; Kennedy, E.; Mercer, S.R. / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
 
 
 
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