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the bony landmarks

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anterior superior iliac spine(asis)   locate both asis by placing your hands upon your hips with fingures in front, thumbs behind. feel for the tip of the pelvis that sticks out anteriorly.  
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iliac crest   locate the asis, slowly walk ur fingers around the side of your hip , pressing into the wide edge of the crest. note how the crest rises from the asis and soon after may widen laterally  
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porterior superior iliac spine(psis)   follow the iliac crest as it continues around to the posterior side of the body and ends in the psis  
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another way of locating the psis   in most people it is much more visible they are called dimples on the lower back  
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pubic crest   one to two inches above the genitals  
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ischial tuberosity   "sits bones"  
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greater trochanter   located distal to the iliact crest, the greater trochanter is the large, superficial mass located on the side of the hip(lateral tip of the femur)  
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anterior inferior iliac spine   locate the asis slide inferiorly and medially approximately one inch  
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iliac fossa   the bowl shaped iliac fossa is located on the medial surface of the ilium  
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sacrum   under the psis  
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coccyx   is located at the top of the gluteal cleft and attaches to the end of the sacrum  
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gluteal tuberosity   located distal to the posterior surface of the greater trochanter  
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superior ramus of pubis   locate the pubic crest slide laterally off the crest toward the aiis  
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inferior ramus of the pubis and the ramus of the ishium   are located along the inferior aspect of the pelvis and togehter for a bridge between the pubic crest and the ischial tuberosity  
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iliotibial tract   gluteus max insertion  
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pectineal line of femur   medial of the femur(insertions of the pectineus)  
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meidal lip of linea aspera   lateral of the pectineal line of the femur(insertion of the adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus)  
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