Quiz yourself with the picture below. Scroll down for the answer key. There are videos at the bottom if you want to watch them first.
Key:
- Line between the Iliac crests usually crosses at L5 in a female.
- Iliac crest
- Anterior Superior Iliac Spine (ASIS)
- Iliac fossa
- Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine (AIIS)
- Acetabulum
- Superior ramus of the pubis
- Pubic tubercle
- Ischial ramus
- Inferior pubic ramus
- Pubic symphysis
- Obturator foramen
- Pubic crest
- Pelvic inlet bordered by the pelvic brim – False pelvis is below the brim in the “bowl”
- False pelvis: line indicates its width.
- Infrapubic angle (Obtuse indicating a female pelvis)
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