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Iliopubic eminence

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Bone protrusion within the pelvis
Iliopectineal eminence
Right hip bone. External surface. (Iliopectineal eminence visible at center right.)
Right hip-joint from the front. (Iliopectineal emin. labeled at upper right.)
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Identifiers
Latineminentia iliopubica
TA98A02.5.01.307
TA21352
FMA16907
Anatomical terms of bone[edit on Wikidata]

Medial to the anterior inferior iliac spine is a broad, shallow groove, over which the iliacus and psoas major muscles pass. This groove is bounded medially by an eminence, the iliopubic eminence (or iliopectineal eminence), which marks the point of union of the ilium and pubis.

It constitutes a lateral border of the pelvic inlet.

The iliopectineal line is the border of the eminence.

The psoas minor, when present, inserts at the pectineal line of the eminence.

Additional images

  • Left levator ani from within Left levator ani from within
  • Pelvis Pelvis

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References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 234 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Bones of the pelvis
General
Ilium
body
wing
gluteal lines
iliac spines
other:
Ischium
body
superior ramus
inferior ramus
  • no substructures
Pubis
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