tuberosity
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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 humeral shaft has the roughened area of the deltoid tuberosity on its lateral side.
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The sacrospinous ligament runs from the sacrum to the ischial spine, and the sacrotuberous ligament runs from the sacrum to the ischial tuberosity.
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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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This large pinnate muscle converges, passes through the foramen triosseum, and inserts by a tendon on the external tuberosity of the humerus, immediately proximal to the insertion of M. pectoralis thoracica.
From Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae by Marion Anne Jenkinson
The ischial tuberosities of females are also farther apart, which increases the size of the pelvic outlet.
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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.
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On the skeleton of the horse in the École des Beaux-Arts, the distance which separates the tuberosities of the ischia is 225 millimetres; that between the two spines of each iliac bone is 25 centimetres.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
There are no nuptial tuberosities on the pollex of breeding males.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
The long tendon of the biceps may slip from its position between the tuberosities, and prevent reduction or favour re-dislocation, necessitating an open operation.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
