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UK
/pˈɛlvɪs/
]
[ US /ˈpɛɫvəs/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛɫvəs/ ]
NOUN
- the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
- a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
How To Use pelvis In A Sentence
- It doesn't always work: Five years ago in the Alps she landed badly on a jump, breaking her pelvis and fracturing a vertebra.
- Several areas of the pelvis and the femur are likely to sustain injuries.
- The remains include a complete tibia and shoulder blade, as well as parts of a femur, ribs, vertebrae, collarbone and pelvis, as well as an ankle bone.
- These muscles are sometimes termed the diaphragm of the pelvis. XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen
- Apparently facultatively bipedal, with a toothless bird-like skull sporting large orbits, dinosaur-like cervical vertebrae possessing true pneumatic foramina, and reduced gracile forelimbs and a theropod-like pelvis, Effigia is strikingly like ornithomimosaurs (ostrich dinosaurs) in several details, mostly those concerning the skull and cervical vertebrae. Archive 2006-01-01
- During the early part of this century, before Caesarean sections were commonplace or indeed safe, pelvimetry (measurements of the maternal pelvis) was frequently employed in an attempt to predict the outcome of labour.
- They are usually found in groups in different places throughout the body, including the neck, armpit, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and groin.
- The results of a computed tomography of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis performed after surgery as well as the results of a bone marrow biopsy were negative.
- A computed tomography of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis did not show any tumor masses or lymphadenopathy.
- Tenderness may be localised, if due to inflammation or other disorders in the pelvis.