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Body Structure:
Body Structure and Processes - Pelvic Girdle - 7/10/24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what forms the pelvic girdle? | 2 hip bones fuse with sacrum and coccyx |
| when 2 hip bones fuse with sacrum and coccyx what is formed? | pelvic girdle |
| describe the pelvic girdle | weight bearing and more massive than the pectoral girdle part of both the axial and appendicular skeletons |
| what articulates at the sacroiliac joints? | two hip bones and sacrum |
| two hip bones and sacrum articulate at what? | sacroiliac joints |
| femur articulates with the hip bone where? | acetabulum |
| what occurs at the acetabulum? | fusion of the ilium ischium and pubis |
| how do pelvic girdles differ? | between men and women |
| each hip bone is how many fused bones? | 3 |
| 3 fused bones make what? | hip bone |
| what are the 3 fused bones making the hip bone? | ilium ischium and pubis |
| ilium in the hip bone? | largest component attached to lots of muscle articulates with sacrum at sacroiliac joints |
| ischium in the hip bone? | has ischial tuberosity |
| what does the ischial tuberosity do | bears sitting weight |
| which bone in the hip bone is the largest component attached to lots of muscle articulating with sacrum at sacroiliac joints? | ilium |
| what is the longest and heaviest bone and articulates to the tibia | femur |
| what is attached to both the femur and tibia | patella |
| the patella is attached to what? | femur and tibia |
| how does the slender fibula sit to the thicker tibia | laterally |
| the slender fibula sits laterally to what? | thicker tibia |
| what connects at an interosseous membrane? | leg bones |
| leg bones connect at what? | interosseous membrane |
| fibula is an important site for what? | muscle attachment |