tuberosity
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Projecting superiorly and anteriorly from the ischial tuberosity is a narrow segment of bone called the ischial ramus.
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The proximal ulna also has the olecranon process, forming an expanded posterior region, and the coronoid process and ulnar tuberosity on its anterior aspect.
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The tibial tuberosity is an elevated area on the anterior side of the tibia, near its proximal end.
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You can feel the ischial tuberosity if you wiggle your pelvis against the seat of a chair.
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The small tuberosity of the superior extremity of the humerus is but slightly developed; the great tuberosity, on the contrary, is very large.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The ischial tuberosities of females are also farther apart, which increases the size of the pelvic outlet.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In a column on the benefits of exercise, he scolded sloths: "Don't just sit on your ischial tuberosities, watching hired professionals play " Down to the Tegument.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Oca, or Oxalis tuberosa, produces five or six tuberosities on each root, three or four inches in length covered by a thin smooth skin.
The head of the humerus in the human body projects above the tuberosities.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The tuberosities of the humerus form the convexity of the shoulder.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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