angle of pelvis
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Pelvis, android — There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male pelvis is more robust, narrower, and taller than the female pelvis. The angle of the male pubic arch and the sacrum are narrower as well.… … Medical dictionary
Pelvis, male — There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The male pelvis is more robust, narrower, and taller than the female pelvis. The angle of the male pubic arch and the sacrum are narrower as well. The female… … Medical dictionary
Pelvis, female — There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The female pelvis is more delicate, wider and not as high as the male pelvis. The angle of the female pubic arch is wide and round. The female sacrum is wider… … Medical dictionary
angle — The meeting point of two lines or planes; the figure formed by the junction of two lines or planes; the space bounded on two sides by lines or planes that meet. For angles not listed below, see the descriptive term; e.g., axioincisal, distobuccal … Medical dictionary
angle of inclination — inclinatio pelvis … Medical dictionary
Android pelvis — There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male pelvis is more robust, narrower, and taller than the female pelvis. The angle of the male pubic arch and the sacrum are narrower as well.… … Medical dictionary
Male pelvis — There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The male pelvis is more robust, narrower, and taller than the female pelvis. The angle of the male pubic arch and the sacrum are narrower as well. The female… … Medical dictionary
Gynecoid pelvis — The gynecoid pelvis is one that is generally characteristic of a woman in its bone structure and therefore its shape. Gynecoid means like a woman, womanly, female. The gynecoid pelvis is more delicate, wider and not as high as the male pelvis.… … Medical dictionary
Female pelvis — There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The female pelvis is more delicate, wider and not as high as the male pelvis. The angle of the female pubic arch is wide and round. The female sacrum is wider… … Medical dictionary
Costophrenic angle — Comparison between a normal costophrenic angle on the patient s right, and an obscured costophrenic angle (circled) on the patient s left, due to pneumonia with parapneumonic effusion. In anatomy, the costophrenic angles are the places where the… … Wikipedia