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Definition of Pelvic arch
1. Noun. The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates.
Terms within: Coccyx, Tail Bone, Hipbone, Innominate Bone, Ilium, Ischial Bone, Ischium, Os Ischii, Os Pubis, Pubic Bone, Pubis, Sacrum, Articulatio Coxae, Coxa, Hip, Hip Joint
Generic synonyms: Girdle
Group relationships: Appendicular Skeleton
Derivative terms: Pelvic
Definition of Pelvic arch
1. Noun. The pelvis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelvic Arch
Literary usage of Pelvic arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"108, each digit has one metacarpal and two phalanges; in Test, tabulata the fifth
digit has but one phalanx.1 § 41. pelvic arch and limb of Fishes. ..."
2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"108, each digit has one metacarpal and two phalanges; in Test, tabulata the fifth
digit has but one phalanx.1 § 41. pelvic arch and limb of Fishes. ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"Neither Müller nor Duméril and Bibron detected the rudimental pelvic arch.
This appears to have been for the reason that they studied only a dried skeleton ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Is the position of the pelvic arch dependent on the ordinal position of some one
segment (sacrum), or is it determined by the location of some topographical ..."
5. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"articulating with the pelvic arch, with which also one or two of the (Fig. ...
The pelvic arch (pelv.) is a nearly straight bar of cartilage which ..."
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