The differences in the pelves (the plural of pelvis is pelves) of the male and female become fully marked at puberty, but they are present as early as the fourth month of intra-uterine life. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
The meat-bearing parts of the fore - and hind legs (represented by scapulae, humeri, radii, ulnae, pelves, femora and tibiae) and the axial skeleton (vertebrae and ribs) were less frequently present. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Subsistence Studies Report 2] Reference
Not bad for the average visitor, but there are some rather annoying (Chinese Velociraptor specimens are said to be found in Liaoning rather than in Inner Mongolia) to laughably anatomical (right hands on left arms and vice versa; pelves mounted backwards; etc.). From Wordnik.com. [Chinasaurs: Dinosaur Dynasty at the Maryland Science Center] Reference
The sensation was distinct in each, except where the pelves joined. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Pare speaks of twins united at the pelves, who were born in Paris July 20, 1570. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Tot pariier pelves, tot tintinnabula dicas Pulfari. jam nemo tubas, nemo aera fatiget. From Wordnik.com. [A. Persii Flacci et Dec. Jun. Juvenalis satirae: Ad optimas editiones ...] Reference
Babies will get bigger and pelves will get smaller because there is nothing to prevent it. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Here are reptiles with bat-like wings, and others with bird-like pelves and legs adapted for bipedal locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences] Reference
Symphysiotomy is an operation consisting of division of the pubic symphysis in order to facilitate delivery in narrow pelves. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Ellis 5.35 speaks of female twins, born in Millville, Tenn., and exhibited in New York in 1868, who were joined at the pelves in a longitudinal axis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
He first alluded to the perfection to which the forceps had reached for pelves narrowed at the brim, and the means of correcting faulty position of the fœtus during labor. From Wordnik.com. [Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence] Reference
The most difficult task of all will be to prevent the assembled Savans from massacring the "specimens" at the end of the exhibition for the sake of their skulls and pelves!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley]
There are altars made of their skulls, and chandeliers made of their thigh bones; frescoes of their spines; mosaics of their teeth and dried muscles; cozy corners of their femurs and pelves and tibiae. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Revised] Reference
The Japanese females all have roomy pelves, and naturally they do not look forward with dread to their confinement, having, moreover, implicit confidence in the powers of nature to do all that will be required in their case. From Wordnik.com. [Labor Among Primitive Peoples] Reference
NORMAL CHANGES IN PREGNANCY Increased renal size Dilatation of pelves, calyces and ureters - not to be mistaken for obstructive uropathy - predispose to serious upper urinary tract infections Increased GFR and RPF - Serum creatinine and urea 46 nitrogen decrease. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
United at the pelves, who were born in Paris July 20, 1570. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
"specimens" at the end of the exhibition for the sake of their skulls and pelves!. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1] Reference
1868, who were joined at the pelves in a longitudinal axis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
When comparing it to "Lucy," Lovejoy said, "They both have pelves, a complete lower limb bone and elements of the forelimb, vertebral column and thorax. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
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