Ilium
- Type
- Bone
- Japanese
- 腸骨
- Reading
- ちょうこつ
- English
- Ilium
- Latin
- Os ilium
- Main functions
- Weight bearing / Protection
Connections
Part of
Articulates with
Muscles arising here
Muscles inserting here
Connected by
Articles
Also mentioned in
- Ischium (sit bone): where it is, what it does and the ischial tuberosity
- External oblique: origin, insertion, trunk rotation and English name
- Iliacus: location, Japanese reading, English name and the iliopsoas
- Sartorius: location, how to remember it, English and Latin names
- Iliotibial band: location, function and fascia lata
- Where is the sacrum? Position of the bone formed by five fused vertebrae and the sacroiliac joints
- What is the iliopsoas? Position, English name and role in walking of the psoas major and iliacus
- Posterior sacroiliac ligament: location, short and long parts, and role
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