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n. - One of the three sections of the hipbone.

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  • At the level of a line extending from the lower part of the symphysis pubis to the spine of the ischium is a thickened whitish band in this upper layer of the...
  • Posteriorly the ramus forms a large swelling, the tuberosity of the ischium, which is divided into two portions: a lower, rough, somewhat triangular part, and an upper,...
  • It originates at the arch of the ischium and extends forward between the thighs.
  • Hence the ilium is a pleurapophysis, the ischium and pubis are both hæmapophyses.
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