- true pelvis
- true pelvis n the lower more contracted part of the pelvic cavity called also true pelvic cavity compare FALSE PELVIS
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Medical dictionary. 2011.
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true pelvis — noun : the lower more contracted part of the pelvic cavity … Useful english dictionary
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true conjugate of pelvis — conjugata vera pelvis … Medical dictionary
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
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linea terminalis pelvis — [TA] terminal line of pelvis: a line on the inner surface of either pelvic bone, extending from the sacroiliac joint to the iliopubic eminence anteriorly, and marking the plane separating the false from the true pelvis … Medical dictionary
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conjugata vera pelvis — [TA] true conjugate of pelvis: a diameter of the pelvic outlet, the anteroposterior diameter measured between the superior margin of the symphysis pubis and the sacrovertebral angle; this is the shortest diameter that the fetal head must pass… … Medical dictionary
