Bone: Iliopectineal eminence
Right hip bone. External surface. (Iliopectineal eminence visible at center right.)
Right hip-joint from the front. (Iliopectineal emin. labeled at upper right.)
Latin	eminentia iliopubica
Gray's	subject #57 234

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 of union of the ilium and pubis.

It constitutes a lateral border of the pelvic inlet.

The iliopectineal line is the border of the eminence.

The psoas minor, when present, inserts at the pectineal line of the eminence.

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Left Levator ani from within.

Pelvis

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[edit] External links

• SIG at UWash Iliopubic%20eminence
• SUNY Labs 44:os-0403 - "The Male Pelvis: Hip bone, right"

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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