Ilium

Word ILIUM
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈɪlɪəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Ilium"

What do we mean by ilium?

The uppermost and widest of the three bones constituting either of the lateral halves of the pelvis. noun

The ileum. noun

The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis. noun

The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.

The ileum, part of the small intestine.

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The word "ilium" in example sentences

The ilium is short anterposteriorly relative to the length of the pelvis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hence the ilium is a pleurapophysis, the ischium and pubis are both hæmapophyses. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

In the first two groups the pubis projects downward and forward as it does in the majority of reptiles, and the ilium is a high rounded plate; while in the others the pelvis is of a wholly different type, strongly suggesting the pelvis of birds. ❋ William Diller Matthew (1900)

The cavity of the lesser pelvis is bounded in front and below by the pubic symphysis and the superior rami of the pubes; above and behind, by the pelvic surfaces of the sacrum and coccyx, which, curving forward above and below, contract the superior and inferior apertures of the cavity; laterally, by a broad, smooth, quadrangular area of bone, corresponding to the inner surfaces of the body and superior ramus of the ischium and that part of the ilium which is below the arcuate line. ❋ Unknown (1918)

A left 'ilium', almost perfect, and belonging to the femur: a fragment of the right 'scapula'; the anterior extremity of a rib of the right side; and the same part of a rib of the left side; the hinder part of a rib of the right side; and lastly, two hinder portions and one middle portion of ribs, which from their unusually rounded shape, and abrupt curvature, more resemble the ribs of a carnivorous animal than those of a man. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

A statement from Barry Simpson, racing manager to the owner, Sir Robert Ogden, said a fracture to his ilium wing had been discovered by "a full-scale veterinary investigation" last summer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

While some people eat bovine tonsils, in the United States they are considered a Specified Risk Material associated with mad cow's disease (BSE) and therefore prohibited along with the distal ilium by the FDA. ❋ Emil Steiner (2008)

She said that I had a lack of motion in my sacrum and ilium. ❋ Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg (2010)

The iliotibial band is a thick fibrous band running along the outside of the leg from the hip (ilium) to the shin bone (tibia) just below the kneecaplike a stripe down the side of your leg. In the hip area the upper end of the IT band and the hip are joined together by a muscle (the tensor fascia latae), which you can see just under the shorts on many lean runners and walkers. ❋ Danny Dreyer (2009)

While some people eat bovine tonsils, in the United States they are considered a Specified Risk Material associated with mad cow's disease BSE and therefore prohibited along with the distal ilium by the FDA. ❋ Emil Steiner (2008)

Drill-mangabeys, drills and mandrills are also united by particularly large, rounded posterior premolars, a robust ilium, a reduced gluteal tuberosity on the femur, sharp borders to the margins of the patellar groove, and other characters. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

It was also small (less than 2 m long), crest-less, with a longer neck and shorter back than other taxa, and a particularly long ilium. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Nulli ilium juvenes, nullæ tetigere puellæ: 377 for Epaminondas, whose name is mentioned with three beloveds, established the Holy Regiment composed of mutual lovers, testifying the majesty of Eros and preferring to a discreditable life a glorious death. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The blind is a thick and short gut, having one mouth, in which the ilium and colon meet: it receives the excrements, and conveys them to the colon. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A left ‘ilium’, almost perfect, and belonging to the femur: a fragment of the right ❋ Unknown (2007)

Præterea si alicui morsellus imponitur, quem deglutire non possit, et ilium de ore suo eijcit, foramen sub statione fit, per quod extrahitur, ac sine vlla miseratione occiditur. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Dauid iter arripuerat ad ilium Ambobus igitur ad curiam venientibus, datísque maximis muneribus petebat adulteræ filius, vt fieret ei iustitia secundum morem Tartarorum. ❋ Unknown (2004)

At ille paruo præcepit, vt fratris defuncti duceret vxorem, mulieri quoque vt ilium in virum duceret, secundum ❋ Unknown (2004)

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