- lesser pelvis
- p. minor.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
lesser pelvis
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Lesser pelvis — Infobox Bone Name = Lesser pelvis Latin = pelvis minor GraySubject = 58 GrayPage = 239 Caption = Male pelvis. Caption2 = Female pelvis. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = p 10 DorlandsSuf = 12623266 The lesser pelvis (or true pelvis)… … Wikipedia
pelvis minor — [TA] lesser pelvis: the part of the pelvis inferior to a plane passing through the iliopectineal lines; see pelvis … Medical dictionary
Lesser omentum — The primitive mesentery of a six weeks’ human embryo, half schematic. (Lesser omentum labeled at left.) … Wikipedia
Pelvis — The lower part of the abdomen located between the hip bones. Organs in the female pelvis include the uterus, vagina, ovaries, fallopian tubes, bladder, and rectum. * * * 1. [NA] The massive cup shaped ring of bone, with its ligaments, at the… … Medical dictionary
Lesser sciatic foramen — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = foramen ischiadicum minus GraySubject = 80 GrayPage = 309 Caption = Articulations of pelvis. Anterior view. Caption2 = Articulations of pelvis. Posterior view. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre … Wikipedia
Lesser sciatic notch — Infobox Bone Name = Lesser sciatic notch Latin = incisura ischiadica minor GraySubject = 57 GrayPage = 235 Caption = Right hip bone, external surface, showing greater sciatic notch and lesser sciatic notch, separated by the spine of ischium.… … Wikipedia
Lesser trochanter — Infobox Bone Name = Lesser trochanter Latin = trochanter minor GraySubject = 59 GrayPage = 245 Caption = Left hip joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. Caption2 = Upper extremity of right femur viewed from… … Wikipedia
axis pelvis — [TA] axis of pelvis: an imaginary curved line through the lesser pelvis at right angles to the plane of the superior aperture, the plane of the cavity, and the plane of the inferior aperture at their central points … Medical dictionary
cavitas abdominis et pelvis — [TA] abdominopelvic cavity: the space within the trunk between the diaphragm and the inferior boundary of the lesser pelvis; it is divided into the abdominal and pelvic cavities … Medical dictionary
cavitas pelvis — [TA] pelvic cavity: the space within the walls of the pelvis, forming the inferior and lesser part of the abdominopelvic cavity. Called also c. pelvina [TA alternative] … Medical dictionary
