ischia
- plural of ischium.
Example Sentences
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The ailment results when friction causes inflammation of the bursae, or small, fluid-filled sacs, in places where tendons pass over the ischia, or hipbones.
From Time Magazine Archive
The anterior region of the crupper is thus much broader than that occupied by the ischia.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
The pubes and ischia are fused along the mid-ventral line.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
On the skeleton of the horse in the École des Beaux-Arts, the distance which separates the tuberosities of the ischia is 225 millimetres; that between the two spines of each iliac bone is 25 centimetres.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
These relations are evidently of importance with regard to shape, since the iliac crests and the ischia are noticeable beneath the skin.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
