This is a debate between me and a friend. We shouldn't know, were 13 btw. So please help us. Are the two bones at each side of your stomach below your ribs, called hips? Please help asap? Looves..
2007-12-29 07:07:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
The bones below your ribs are the top parts of the pelvis. The actual 'hip' is lower, and includes the socket joint the ball of the top end of the leg bone fits into. The pelvis of males is one piece. The pelvis of females is one piece which has been split so as to accomodate birth.
2007-12-29 07:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pelvis consists of a group of bones that are tightly joined. When a women delivers a baby the halves of the symphysis pubis actually separate a little. The bones that you feel on each side of your waist are your hip bones. The pubic bones (symphysis pubis ) are behind that flat pad of skin just below your abdomen and above your genitals.
The source has some good pictures.
2007-12-29 07:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by hamrrfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pelvis is composed of bones fused together. The hips, medically speaking, are ball-and-socket joints, and one part of the hip joint is in the pelvis. The ball of the femur fits into the pelvis in a rounded socket called the acetabulum, which is Latin for "little vinegar cup."
The word "hip" is also used in colloquial English to refer to the sides of the pelvis -- if we say that a woman has shapely hips, we are really referring to the contour of her body from the waist to the upper thighs -- we aren't referring to actual hips at all!
2007-12-29 07:17:44 · answer #3 · answered by rkeech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bony structure located at the base of the spine (properly known as the caudal end).
Each os coxae (hipbone) consists of three bones: the illium, ischium, and the pubis.
The illium is the largest and upper most part, the ischium is the posterior-inferior (back-lower) part,
pubis is the anterior (front) part of the hipbone.
The two hipbones are joined anteriorly at the symphysis pubis and posteriorly to the sacrum.
The pelvis incorporates the socket portion of the hip joint for each leg (in bipeds) or hind leg (in quadrupeds).
It forms the lower limb (or hind-limb) girdle of the skeleton.
2007-12-29 07:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by girlshirls156 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pelvis is a circular bone made of two halves that are joined with ligaments at the front and bone, the sacrum, at the back.
and yes the hips are the sides and top of the pelvis.
2007-12-29 07:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by Bunny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a pelvis which is one bone and then connecting to it are your hip bones (a ball and socket), which are the top part of your leg.
2007-12-29 07:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Cindy S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hips are composed of the the Ilium, Ischium, sacrum, coccxyx and pubic bones. See links below for diagrams.
2007-12-29 07:13:01 · answer #7 · answered by Charlie149 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its made up of different bones with different names but the word "pelvis"includes all of them together
u can break it up into different pieces if u want and all the pieces aren't actually connected to each other, but its all one piece
2007-12-29 07:13:08 · answer #8 · answered by bananasandwich15 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-25 20:28:44 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my pelvis seems to be one piece, and yes, those are hips.
Have a go at this! You assemble a skeleton, looks good
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/skeleton_anatomy.shtml
2007-12-29 07:10:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋