Alphonsus Chong's Personal Wiki

Sun May 26 13:42:19 SGT 2013 from Acland

Pelvis - hip/innominate bone + sacrum - joined by SI joints and pubic symphysis

Hip bone - fusion of ilium, ischium and pubis

Ilium - wing/ala - iliac crest - muscle attachment - ASIS - PSIS

Ischium - ischial spin - greater/lesser notch - ischial tuberosity - acetabulum

1. articular surface

- Obturator foramen

Pubis - body - superior ramus - ischiopubic ramus - pubic tubercle

Sacrum - joined to ilium via SI joints and two large ligaments

1. sacrospinous ligament –> greater sciatic foramen
2. sacrotuberous ligament –> lesser sciatic foramen

Femur - longest bone in the body - proximal end

1. head
2. neck
3. greater trochanter
4. lesser trochanter
5. intertrochanteric line - ligament attachment
6. intertrochanteric crest between troch
7. gluteal tuberosity
8. linea aspera