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Definition of Innominate bone
1. Noun. Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis.
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Terms within: Acetabulum, Cotyloid Cavity
Group relationships: Hip, Pelvic Arch, Pelvic Girdle, Pelvis
Definition of Innominate bone
1. Noun. (anatomy) The hip bone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Innominate bone
1. A large flat bone formed by the fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubis (in the adult), constituting the lateral half of the pelvis; it articulates with its fellow anteriorly, with the sacrum posteriorly, and with the femur laterally. Synonym: os coxae, coxa, coxal bone, innominate bone, os innominatum. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Innominate Bone
Literary usage of Innominate bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"ON SIMPLE DISLOCATIONS OF THE innominate bone. ... Traumatic displacement of one
innominate bone, both at its pubic and sacro-iliac articulations, ..."
2. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"The condition is defined as a separation of the innominate bone from its attachments
and its displacement ..."
3. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia: Being the Substance of the by William Henry Flower (1876)
"Ventral surface of right inno- minate bone of Man, ^. FIG. 107. — Ventral surface
of right innominate bone of Dog, i. sj supra-iliac border or crest of ..."
4. A Text-book of obstetrics by Barton Cooke Hirst (1909)
"The whole innominate bone on the diseased side lacks its normal curvature at the
... The opposite innominate bone has a greater curvature than common, ..."
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