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Body Structure:
Body Structure and Processes - Pelvic Girdle - 7/10/24
Question | Answer |
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what forms the pelvic girdle? | 2 hip bones fuse with sacrum and coccyx |
when 2 hip bones fuse with sacrum and coccyx what is formed? | pelvic girdle |
describe the pelvic girdle | weight bearing and more massive than the pectoral girdle part of both the axial and appendicular skeletons |
what articulates at the sacroiliac joints? | two hip bones and sacrum |
two hip bones and sacrum articulate at what? | sacroiliac joints |
femur articulates with the hip bone where? | acetabulum |
what occurs at the acetabulum? | fusion of the ilium ischium and pubis |
how do pelvic girdles differ? | between men and women |
each hip bone is how many fused bones? | 3 |
3 fused bones make what? | hip bone |
what are the 3 fused bones making the hip bone? | ilium ischium and pubis |
ilium in the hip bone? | largest component attached to lots of muscle articulates with sacrum at sacroiliac joints |
ischium in the hip bone? | has ischial tuberosity |
what does the ischial tuberosity do | bears sitting weight |
which bone in the hip bone is the largest component attached to lots of muscle articulating with sacrum at sacroiliac joints? | ilium |
what is the longest and heaviest bone and articulates to the tibia | femur |
what is attached to both the femur and tibia | patella |
the patella is attached to what? | femur and tibia |
how does the slender fibula sit to the thicker tibia | laterally |
the slender fibula sits laterally to what? | thicker tibia |
what connects at an interosseous membrane? | leg bones |
leg bones connect at what? | interosseous membrane |
fibula is an important site for what? | muscle attachment |