pelvic girdle
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The team found a partial skeleton encased in rock that included portions of the lower jaw, vertebrae, and pelvic girdle.
From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 2025
In fish, the pelvic fins and bones of the pelvic girdle are relatively small and float freely in the body.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2024
To date, they have found parts of the posterior portion of its carapace, or shell, and most of the pelvic girdle, but no skull, tail or limbs.
From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022
Figure 11.29 Hip and Thigh Muscles The large and powerful muscles of the hip that move the femur generally originate on the pelvic girdle and insert into the femur.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
