Os Coxa bones

Question 1

Which bones make up the Os Coxa bones (Hip bones)?

Answer 1

The Os coxa bones are fused by three bones. Ilium, Ischium, Pubis.

Question 2

Which bones in the Os Coxa are superior portion, lower posterior portion and lower anterior portion?

Answer 2

The ilium is the superior portion, the ischium is the lower posterior portion and the pubis is the lower anterior portion.

Question 3

What are the three articulation joints found in the Os Coxae and where are they found?

Answer 3

The Os coxae contains the symphysis pubis joint which is anterior and brings in the two os coxae. The sacroiliac joint which is anterior and joins the sacrum and the ilia. The hip joint which is the acetabulum joining with the head of the femur

Question 4

What is the iliac crest?

Answer 4

The iliac crest is a curved upper ridge found at the superior portion of the ilium and serves as an attachment point for the latissimus dorsi, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae, iliacus, tensor fasciae latae.

Question 5

What is the iliac fossa?

Answer 5

The iliac fossa is a broad depression that is inferior to the iliac crest and is part of an anteriomedial surface. It serves as an attachment point to the iliacus muscle