innominate

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In the innominate bones of a young child the box-shape exists, while its prominent abdomen resembles that of the gorilla.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

The cup-shaped cavity of the innominate bone for receiving the head of the femur.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

A probe passed along the aorta into the innominate protruded into the same cavity about the bifurcation of the vessel.

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

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

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.