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DictionarypubisFront pelvic bone
noun

pubis

PYOO-bis/ˈpjuːbɪs/

The front lower part of the pelvic bone.

The model highlights the pubis at the front of the pelvis.

A clean anatomical plastic pelvis teaching model, front view, pubic bone highlighted coral at front lower arch, all other bones ivory, no body or genitals.
Etymology
pubisLatingroin; genital region

Latin pubes named the groin or genital region. In os pubis, “bone of the groin,” it identified the bone structure forming the front of the pelvis.

In context

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at the front of the pelvis is the pubis bones
Anatomy of the Skeleton

More examples

  • The injury involved a fracture of the pubis.
  • The pubis forms part of the hip socket.
  • Students located the pubis on the skeletal model.

Forms

pubis · pubes

Similar words

pelvis
The pelvis is the whole bony structure; the pubis is one part of it.
ilium
The ilium is the broad upper part of a hip bone; the pubis is toward the lower front.