Anatom3DIschium
Os ischii · Kost sedací
Skeleton
Looks like
The lower back part of the hip bone, with the sitting bones you rest on.
What it does
Takes your weight when sitting and anchors the hamstrings.
Keeping it well
Hamstring tendons can pull off here in sprinters; long hours on hard seats cause bursitis or pressure sores in immobile people.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Obstructed labour and obstetric fistula
- 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