Anatom3DBony pelvis
Pelvis ossea · Kostěná pánev
Skeleton
Looks like
The basin-shaped bony ring of the two hip bones joined at the front, with the sacrum and coccyx closing it behind.
What it does
Carries the upper body onto the legs, protects the bladder and reproductive organs and forms the birth canal.
Keeping it well
Pelvic fractures in older people follow simple falls; in high-energy injuries they can bleed heavily — an emergency.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hernia (inguinal, hiatal, umbilical)
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Peritonitis
- Sarcoma
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency