Espiral Atlas
Bone landmarkLower limb

Superior pubic ramus

ramus superior ossis pubis

Study entry

Description

A ramus that leaves the body of the pubis to the side and upward, to the acetabulum.

Relations

Its posterior margin bears the pecten pubis.

Palpation

With the body of the pubis, a hand's breadth below the navel.

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

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