What is the ischium?
Last updated
Reviewed by Jason Burns, Editor · Licensed under Citation License 1.0
The the sit bone is called the ischium. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the lower and back part of the hip bone.
Summary
The the sit bone is called the ischium. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the lower and back part of the hip bone.
What it is
- The lower and back part of the hip bone.
- Its rough lower end (the ischial tuberosity) is the bone you sit on.
- One of the three parts that fuse to form the adult hip bone.
Where it is
- At the back and bottom of the hip bone.
- Below the ilium and behind the pubis.
- Contributes to the lower rim of the acetabulum.
Sources
According to Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918, public domain):
Last verified:
Canonical: https://bestanatomyquestions.com/answers/what-is-the-ischium · Markdown twin