ISCHIUM (ischia)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: ischia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ischium mean? 

• ISCHIUM (noun)
  The noun ISCHIUM has 1 sense:

1. one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium

  Familiarity information: ISCHIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISCHIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ischial bone; ischium; os ischii

Hypernyms ("ischium" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("ischium" is a part of...):

articulatio coxae; coxa; hip; hip joint (the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum)

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)

 Context examples 

An opening in the hip bone formed by the public bone and the ischium and closed by the obturator membrane.

(Obturator Foramen, NCI Thesaurus)

The basin-shaped skeletal structure that is formed by the sacrum and the ilium, ischium, and pubis of each side that supports the trunk and to which the lower extremities attach.

(Pelvic Girdle, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad, thin muscle originating from the posterior side of the pubis body, spine of the ischium, and pelvic fascia between the pubis and ischium on either side of the pelvis.

(Levator Ani, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A broad, thin muscle originating form the posterior side of the pubis body, spine of the ischium, and pelvic fascia between the pubis and ischium on either side of the pelvis.

(Levator Ani, NCI Thesaurus)

The bony prominence of the lower part of the ischium.

(Ischial Tuberosity, NCI Thesaurus)