Pelvic brim

Pelvic brim

Infobox Bone
Name = Pelvic brim
Latin =
GraySubject = 58
GrayPage = 238


Caption = Diameters of superior aperture of lesser pelvis -- female. (Pelvic brim is not labeled, but is identifiablea as the central opening at the top.)


Caption2 = Female pelvis.
System =
MeshName =
MeshNumber =
DorlandsPre = b_22
DorlandsSuf = 12196868
The pelvis is divided by an oblique plane passing through the prominence of the sacrum, the arcuate and pectineal lines, and the upper margin of the symphysis pubis, into the greater pelvis and the lesser pelvis. The circumference of this plane is termed the pelvic brim.

ee also

* linea terminalis


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