innominate

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The os innominatum may be so fractured that the pelvic girdle is broken, as in fracture of the iliac shaft, or in a manner that the girdling continuity of the innominate bones is not interrupted.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

The innominate artery is the largest and passes upward and to the right, to the root of the neck, where it divides into the right common carotid and the right subclavian.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The edge grazed against the sheath of the innominate artery during the operation.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

When I first saw the patient I considered the injury to have implicated the innominate vessels.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

In the innominate bones of a young child the box-shape exists, while its prominent abdomen resembles that of the gorilla.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various