pubic adj : relating or near the pubis; "pubic bones"; "pubic hair"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːbɪk

Adjective

1. of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes

Related terms

• pubic hair
• pubic symphysis

Translations

• Spanish: púbico

For the bone in many mammals often called the penis bone, see baculum

The android pubic bone is the ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis.

It is covered by a layer of fat, which is covered by the mons pubis.

It is divisible into a body, a superior ramus and an inferior ramus.

The body forms one-fifth of the acetabulum, contributing by its external surface both to the lunate surface and the acetabular fossa. Its internal surface enters into the formation of the wall of the lesser pelvis and gives origin to a portion of the obturator internus.

In the female, the pubic bone is anterior to the urethral sponge.

The left and right hip bones join at the pubic symphysis.

Additional images

Image:Illu repdt male.jpg|Male reproductive system. Image:Skeletpelvis-pubis.jpg|Pelvis

External links

• - "The Male Pelvis: Hip Bone"