Ischiopubic ramus

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Ischiopubic ramus
Skeletal pelvis-pubis.svg
Pelvis. Ischiopubic ramus is the region between "3" and "4c".
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Right hip bone. External surface.
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Identifiers
Latin ramus ischiopubicus
TA98 A02.5.01.007
TA2 1313
FMA 43533
Anatomical terms of bone

The ischiopubic ramus is a compound structure consisting of the following two structures:

It forms the inferior border of the obturator foramen and serves as part of the origin for the obturator internus and externus muscles. Also, most adductors originate at the ischiopubic ramus.

The fascia of Colles is on attached to its margin.

References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)