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pelvic girdle

A bony or cartilaginous structure in vertebrates, attached to and supporting the hind limbs or fins. Also called pelvic arch.

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pelvic girdle

pelvic arch

(Anatomy) the skeletal structure to which the lower limbs in man, and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates, are attached

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pel′vic gir′dle

the compound bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts in vertebrates.

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pelvic girdle - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

pelvic arch, pelvis, hip

coccyx, tail bone - the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes

hipbone, innominate bone - large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis

ilium - the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone

ischial bone, ischium, os ischii - one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium

os pubis, pubic bone, pubis - one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis

sacrum - wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx

girdle - an encircling or ringlike structure

appendicular skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs

articulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint, hip - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

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