Anatom3DPelvic skeleton
Skeleton pelvis · Kostra pánve
Skeleton
Looks like
The skeleton of the pelvis: the two hip bones, sacrum and coccyx with their joints and ligaments.
What it does
Forms a strong ring that carries the trunk onto the legs and protects the pelvic organs.
Keeping it well
Osteoporotic pelvic fractures in older people are often missed; pain in the groin or buttock after a fall needs imaging.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Sarcoma
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency