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  2. Mons pubis - Wikipedia

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    Although present in both men and women, the mons pubis tends to be larger in women. [1] [6] Its fatty tissue is sensitive to estrogen, causing a distinct mound to form with the onset of female puberty. [4] [6] [7] [8] This pushes the forward portion of the labia majora out and away from the pubic bone. The mound also becomes covered with pubic ...

  3. Linea terminalis - Wikipedia

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    The linea terminalis or innominate line consists of the pubic crest, pectineal line (pecten pubis), the arcuate line, the sacral ala, and the sacral promontory. [1]It is the pelvic brim, which is the edge of the pelvic inlet.

  4. Pelvic brim - Wikipedia

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    The pelvic brim is an approximately butterfly-shaped line passing through the prominence of the sacrum, the arcuate and pectineal lines, and the upper margin of the pubic symphysis. The pelvic brim is obtusely pointed in front, diverging on either side, and encroached upon behind by the projection forward of the promontory of the sacrum.

  5. Vulva - Wikipedia

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    The mons pubis is a soft mound of fatty tissue in the pubic region covering the pubic bone. [2] Mons pubis is Latin for "pubic mound" and is present in both sexes to act as a cushion during sexual intercourse , and is more pronounced in the female. [ 3 ]

  6. Retropubic space - Wikipedia

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    The retropubic space is a surgical landmark that has surgical significance in several gynecological and urological procedures. Access to the space is achieved by separating the rectus abdominis muscle at the mid line, and bluntly dissecting the tissue in the direction of the symphysis pubis, until reaching the peritoneum.

  7. Pubis (bone) - Wikipedia

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    The pubic bone is made up of a body, superior ramus, and inferior ramus (Latin: branch). The left and right coxal bones join at the pubic symphysis. It is covered by a layer of fat – the mons pubis. The pubis is the lower limit of the suprapubic region. In the female, the pubis is anterior to the urethral sponge.

  8. Pelvic inlet - Wikipedia

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    Average measurement in female Anteroposterior or conjugate diameter or conjugata vera: Extends from the upper margin of the pubic symphysis to the sacrococcygeal joint; about 110 mm. Transverse diameter: Extends across the greatest width of the superior aperture, from the middle of the brim on one side to the same point on the opposite; about ...

  9. Hip bone - Wikipedia

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    The pubic region or pubis is the ventral and anterior of the three parts forming the hip bone. It is divisible into a body, a superior ramus, and an inferior ramus. The body forms one-fifth of the acetabulum. The body forms the wide, strong, medial and flat portion of the pubic bone which unites with the other pubic bone in the pubic symphysis. [3]