Pubis

Study entry

Description

The anteromedial part of the hip bone: a flattened, medial body and superior and inferior rami, which go to the side.

Relations

It forms the anterior part of the acetabulum and the origin of the muscles of the medial side of the thigh.

Palpation

The body and the superior ramus, a hand's breadth below the navel.

Source: cap. 7, «Huesos del miembro inferior: hueso coxal» y «Anatomía de superficie»

Other structures in this region

• Ilium
• Ischium
• Ala of the ilium
• Anterior superior iliac spine
• Anterior inferior iliac spine
• Posterior superior iliac spine
• Posterior inferior iliac spine
• Iliac crest