pelvis

The sacrum is a group of vertebrae connected to the pelvis and forms part of the animal's lower spine.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

The dinosaur stands apart from related species because of several unique features found in its spine, pelvis, and leg bones.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

At the time, Lee was in a wheelchair after losing a leg and a portion of his pelvis when he was hit by a speeding car at age 14.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

For the first couple of days, the pain in my pelvis was far, far worse.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

And Lee carefully packed the bones, femurs, and tibias really straight, skull in the middle, with pelvis and clavicle surrounding it and ribs curving on either side.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

With all this research out there showing how gestation seems to be limited primarily by maternal metabolism, why this notion that we’re compromised by our pelves?

From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2012

Symphysiotomy is an operation consisting of division of the pubic symphysis in order to facilitate delivery in narrow pelves.

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

Difficulty also not seldom occurs in women with normal pelves from an excessive size in the child through prolonged pregnancy, bigness of one or both parents, or the advanced age or multiparity of the mother.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

Not rarely the kidneys were deeply engorged, and extravasations of blood into their substance, their pelves, and into the surrounding connective tissues were often encountered.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Here are reptiles with bat-like wings, and others with bird-like pelves and legs adapted for bipedal locomotion.

From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Henry Smith Williams

“I do believe that if we could all align our pelvises, wars would stop and everything would take its right place,” he told Dance Magazine in 2007.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

The researchers tested samples of soil around the pelvises of remains of 19 monks and 25 locals.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022

It was a risky gambit for the burgeoning pop star, who released her disco-kissed “Future Nostalgia” at a time when bumping pelvises in a packed nightclub was actually forbidden.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

But, conversely, if the methylation data suggested Neanderthals grew small pelvises, you could consider their lower pelvic bones, which are skinnier than humans’ bones are.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019

Thirty-three Delta females, long-headed, sandy, with narrow pelvises, and all within 20 millimetres of 1 metre 69 centimetres tall, were cutting screws.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley