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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Bones of Lower Extremity > Pelvic Bones > Ilium
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Bones of Lower Extremity > Pelvic Bones > Ilium

Preferred term

Ilium  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Auricular Surface of Ilium
  • Bones, Iliac Crest
  • Crest Bone, Iliac
  • Crest Bones, Iliac
  • Fossa, Iliac
  • Iliac Crest Bone
  • Iliac Crest Bones
  • Iliac Fossa

Note

  • part of the hip; do not confuse with ILEUM, part of the small intestine

Scope note

  • The largest of three bones that make up each half of the pelvic girdle.

In other languages

  • suoliluu

    Finnish

  • ilium
  • os ilium
  • Tarmben

    Swedish

  • Iliac fossa
  • Ilium
  • Os ilium
  • Tarmbensgropen
  • Tarmbenskammen

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007085

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