tuberosity

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Together, these form the single ischiopubic ramus, which extends from the pubic body to the ischial tuberosity.

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On the anterior side of the proximal tibia is the tibial tuberosity, which is continuous inferiorly with the anterior border of the tibia.

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The slightly curved posterior margin of the ischium above the ischial tuberosity is the lesser sciatic notch.

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The sacrum is also joined to the hip bone by the sacrospinous ligament, which attaches to the ischial spine, and the sacrotuberous ligament, which attaches to the ischial tuberosity.

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It is not only wide in the transverse direction, but is more especially extended from before backwards; the prominence of the anterior tuberosity is the cause of the elongation of this antero-posterior diameter.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard