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Ilium

Ilium

Ilium

The ilium is the uppermost bone of the pelvis and extends laterally. 

This is a photo of an anatomical model of the ilium, the uppermost bone of the pelvis that extends laterally, with its major parts labeled as the iliac crest, acetabulum, ischium, and pubis.

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