·      lies ANT/MED; relatively flat

POST end of Body faces POST and SUP; forms ANT wall of Pelvic Cavity and is related to URINARY Bladder

thickest part of body; covered with Hyaline Cartilage that blends w/ Fibrocartilage of Pubic Symphysis

·      connects with Ilium and Ischium. INF end has Obturator groove. SUP surface has Pectineal line.

o   Forms Anteroinferior 1/5 of acetabulum

Triangular shape; Apex directed MED (Pubic Tubercle); Base directed LAT (Iliopubic Eminence) à Marks junction of ilium and pubis

smooth and faces Pelvic Cavity; separated from obturator surface by sharp INF border

contains Obturator groove; transmits Obturator nerve and vessels from Pelvic cavity to thigh

·      Line running on SUP surface of SUP ramus of pubis from Pubic tubercle to Arcuate Line; continual medially w Pubic Crest

·      Crest formed by Obturator groove and Acetabulum; Separates SUP (Pectineal) surface from INF (obturator) surface.

Goes from SUP pubic ramus to PIIS. Ridge on non Acetabular side

Inbtw Arcuate line and Sup Ramus of pubis

·      Smooth auricular surface on POST end near PIIS; articulation with sacrum

Non-acetabular side; POST/SUP tuberosity. Lots of ligaments here