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  2. Saphenous opening - Wikipedia

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    Just inferolateral to the pubic tubercle the fascia extends downwards forming an arched (falciform) margin of the lateral boundary of the opening. It is covered by a thin perforated part of the superficial fascia called the fascia cribrosa which is pierced by the great saphenous vein, the 3 superficial branches of the femoral artery (except superficial circumflex iliac artery, which pierces ...

  3. Pectineal line (pubis) - Wikipedia

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    The pectineal line of the pubis (also pecten pubis) is a ridge on the superior ramus of the pubic bone.It forms part of the pelvic brim.. Lying across from the pectineal line are fibers of the pectineal ligament, and the proximal origin of the pectineus muscle.

  4. Femur - Wikipedia

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    It has a small groove, or fovea, connected through the round ligament to the sides of the acetabular notch. The head of the femur is connected to the shaft through the neck or collum. The neck is 4–5 cm. long and the diameter is smallest front to back and compressed at its middle. The collum forms an angle with the shaft in about 130 degrees.

  5. Ilium (bone) - Wikipedia

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    The other two hip bones, the ischium and the pubis, extend ventrally down from the ilium towards the belly of the animal. The acetabulum, which can be thought of as a "hip-socket", is an opening on each side of the pelvic girdle formed where the ischium, ilium, and pubis all meet, and into which the head of the femur inserts. The orientation ...

  6. Surface anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Surface anatomy (also called superficial anatomy and visual anatomy) is the study of the external features of the body of an animal. [1] In birds , this is termed topography . Surface anatomy deals with anatomical features that can be studied by sight, without dissection .

  7. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    dislocation on adduction of hip Bart hemoglobin: Barts Hospital: Obstetrics, pathology: indicates a specific cause of death in some stillborns: Loss of all four alpha-globin genes (total alpha-thalassemia) leads to severely anemic stillborn babies with small amounts of an abnormal hemoglobin composed of four gamma sub-units (Bart's Hemoglobin)

  8. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    vertical pelvic fracture through both pubic rami and the ilium or sacroiliac joint with vertical displacement: high energy impact to pelvis (front to back) Malgaigne's fracture at TheFreeDictionary.com: March fracture: Marching: stress fracture of a metatarsal shaft: heavy or unaccustomed exercise: Metatarsal Stress Fracture at eMedicine ...

  9. Acetabulum - Wikipedia

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    The acetabulum (/ ˌ æ s ɪ ˈ t æ b j ə l ə m /; [1] pl.: acetabula), also called the cotyloid cavity, is a concave surface of the pelvis. The head of the femur meets with the pelvis at the acetabulum, forming the hip joint. [2] [3]