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ischial spine

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A bony process projecting backward and medialward from the posterior border of the ischium. [ BTO:0004149 ]

Synonyms: spina ischialis

Term info

database cross reference
UBPROP 0000001

From the posterior border of the body of the Ischium there extends backward a thin and pointed triangular eminence, the ischial spine, more or less elongated in different subjects. It can serve as a landmark in pudendal anesthesia[Wikipedia:Ischial_spine].

UBPROP 0000012

BTO places this in the vertebral column

has related synonym

spine of ischium, the ischial spines, spine of the ischium

id

UBERON:0009000

prefLabel

Ischial spine