tuberosity

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The large, roughened area of the inferior ischium is the ischial tuberosity.

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The sacrospinous ligament spans the sacrum to the ischial spine, and the sacrotuberous ligament spans the sacrum to the ischial 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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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 Cuyer, ?douard