Pelvis - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: pelvisCross birth
Any preternatural labor in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother so that the shoulder arm or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus...
Dinosauria
An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles mostly of large size whence the name Notwithstanding their size they present birdlike characters in the skeleton esp in the pelvis and hind limbs Some walked on their three toed hind feet thus producing the large ldquobird tracksrdquo so called of mesozoic sandstones others were five toed and quadrupedal See Illust of Compsognathus also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix...
VerbarFemur
The thigh bone it is the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton which extends from the pelvis to the knee...
Haunch
The hip the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint the hind part...
hipbone
Either of two large flaring bones each forming one half of the pelvis made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis...
VerbarHydronephrosis
An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages...
Iguanodon
A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three toed feet capable of supporting the entire body Its teeth resemble those of the iguana whence its name Several species are known mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe See Illustration in Appendix...
VerbarIlium
The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone See Innominate bone under Innominate...
VerbarIschion
The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis seat bone the huckle bone...
VerbarOrnithopoda
An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton esp in the pelvis and hind legs which in some genera had only three functional toes and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon See Illust in Appendix...
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