pelvic girdle

Noun
  1. The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates (synset 105604406)
    is a type of: girdle - an encircling or ringlike structure
    has:
    • coccyx, tail bone - the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
    • hipbone, innominate bone - large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
    • ilium - the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
    • ischial bone, ischium, os ischii - one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
    • os pubis, pubic bone, pubis - one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
    • sacrum - wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
    • articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
    is a part of: appendicular skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs
    same as: hip, pelvic arch, pelvis

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