Right hip bone. External surface. (Posterior superior spine labeled at center left.)
Surface anatomy of the back. Posterior superior iliac spine lies in the marking of S2.
Details
Identifiers
Latin
spina iliaca posterior superior
TA98
A02.5.01.113
TA2
1329
FMA
49468
Anatomical terms of bone
[edit on Wikidata]
The posterior border of the ala, shorter than the anterior, also presents two projections separated by a notch, the posterior superior iliac spine and the posterior inferior iliac spine. The posterior superior iliac spine serves for the attachment of the oblique portion of the posterior sacroiliac ligaments and the multifidus.
and 30 Related for: Posterior superior iliac spine information
crest stretches posteriorly from the anterior superioriliacspine (ASIS) to the posteriorsuperioriliacspine (PSIS). Behind the ASIS, it divides into an...
of the iliac bone. It is one of two such spines on the posterior surface, the other being the posteriorsuperioriliacspine. These two spines are separated...
pain is often a mild to moderate ache around the dimple or posteriorsuperioriliacspine (PSIS) region. The pain may become worse and sharp while doing...
indentations are created by a short ligament stretching between the posteriorsuperioriliacspine and the skin. Named after Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty...
the sacrospinalis, from the medial surface of the posteriorsuperioriliacspine, and from the posterior sacroiliac ligaments. in the lumbar region: from...
the sacral region attaches to the medial surface of posteriorsuperioriliacspine, the posterior sacroiliac ligaments and several places to the sacrum...
anterior superiorspine of the ilium to the spine of the pubis. These lower limits are marked by visible grooves. Just above the pubic spines on either...
prominent inferiorly - adjacent to the caudal lumbar spine, between the posteriorsuperioriliacspines on either side - where its aponeurotic layers meld...
PSIS may refer to: Posteriorsuperioriliacspine, part of the human hip bone PSIS Semarang, an Indonesian football team PSIS Co-operative, a financial...
back pain. These nerves are grouped as the superior cluneal nerves due to their trajectory over the iliacspine, as opposed to the lateral, medial and inferior...
The superior gluteal artery is the terminal branch of the posterior division of the internal iliac artery. It exits the pelvis through the greater sciatic...
sacrotuberous ligament is attached by its broad base to the posteriorsuperioriliacspine, the posterior sacroiliac ligaments (with which it is partly blended)...
The iliac tubercle is located approximately 5 cm (2 in) posterior to the anterior superioriliacspine on the iliac crest in humans. The transverse plane...
Avulsion fractures occur where muscles are attached: anterior superior and inferior iliacspines, ischial tuberosities, and ischiopubic rami. A small part...
ligament, is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superioriliacspine. It forms the base of the inguinal canal through which an indirect...
the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra. The inferior vena...
and sacral promontory, the aortic bifurcation, and left common iliac vein. It is posterior to the parietal peritoneum (with avascular areolar tissue intervening...
Each superior ring is formed by the iliac bone; the anterior side stretches from the acetabulum up to the anterior superioriliacspine; the posterior side...
is in fact slightly anteriorly rotated which means the anterior superioriliacspines should be just in front of the pubic symphysis not in the same vertical...
of the iliac crests (the top border of the hips), and to the lateral crests of the sacrum, where it blends with the sacrotuberous and posterior sacroiliac...
medial to the internal iliac artery and, at the brim of the pelvis, joins with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein. Several veins unite...