The iliopectineal line is the border of the
iliopubic eminence
Medial to the anterior inferior iliac spine is a broad, shallow groove, over which the iliacus and psoas major muscles pass. This groove is bounded medially by an eminence, the iliopubic eminence (or iliopectineal eminence), which marks the point ...
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It can be defined as a compound structure of the
arcuate line (from the ilium) and
pectineal line (from the pubis). With the
sacral promontory
The sacrum (plural: ''sacra'' or ''sacrums''), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30.
The sacrum situates at the upper, back part ...
, it makes up the
linea terminalis
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.
It is the pelvic brim, which is the edge of the pelvic inlet. The pelvic inlet is ty ...
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The Iliopectineal line divides the pelvis into the pelvis major (false pelvis) above and the pelvis minor (true pelvis) below.
References
External links
* http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/labs/l43/st0217.htm
{{Pelvis
Bones of the pelvis