innominate

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When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming the innominate bone.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg

The left innominate vein crosses the artery in front from left to right, and must be drawn down.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

However, occasionally very free bleeding may result from the division of an abnormal thyroidea ima running up the trachea to the thyroid body from the innominate, or even from the aorta itself.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

In like manner, the inferior thyroid veins, whose blood flows into the innominate, are obstructed by valves at the point of junction.

From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Morris, Charles

The pelvic girdle consists of two large bones of irregular shape, called the innominate bones.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.