Sentences with word «ischium»

The AKC standard also emphasizes a square dog: «Length, measured from the point of shoulder to point of ischium (tuberosity), practically the same as height.»

The 4.4 - million - year - old hominin known as Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus) had pelvic bones oriented in such a way that its hip flexors could extend almost as much those of modern humans, despite having a long, apelike ischium.

In this position the ischiocrurale muscle (the muscle group stretching from the backside of the thighs by the ischium to right under the knee joint), are stretched.

By contrast, humans, who have a shorter pelvic bone called an ischium (informally known as a «sit bone»), can hyperextend their legs in a way that generates less force on the hamstrings at the knees.

When humans take a stride, the muscles that attach to the ischium — the hip flexors and the hamstrings — swing in a broader arc from front to back than in other living apes so they use less energy to move farther.

The size and orientation of a pelvic bone called the ischium (green) determines the range of motion (yellow angle) in a primate's stride and how much power the leg has in its hamstring as it walks upright or climbs a tree.

In apes, the gluteus maximus is a relatively puny muscle that attaches to the ischium, the part of the hipbone we sit on.

Or you can still have an ischium out of position and not feel anything at all, until maybe you go to stretch your hamstrings or some other weird little feeling around your hips or buttocks.

Or both of their ischiums are stuck splayed out, still in the birthing position.

It would be nice if it was, but unfortunately I see hundreds of women with one ischium, or sit bone, splayed out more than the other.

The muscle is often described as having a long head (the attachment from the ischium) and a short head (attached to the femur).

The adductor magnus originates on the ramus of the pubis, the ramus of the ischium, and the ischial tuberosity on the pelvis.

After one session of bringing her ischiums back together, her pelvic floor muscles relaxed and she had no more pain!

Adductor magnus: originates on the ramus of the pubis and ramus of the ischium, and ischial tuberosity on the pelvis; inserts on the linea aspera on the femur.

The long head of the muscle starts at the lower and inner impression of the tuberosity of the ischium on the back side.

From an anatomical perspective, the sacrum along with the coccyx, ilium, ischium and pubis form the bony pelvis.

The muscle originates in the pelvic region; specifically, it arises from the pubis and the tuberosity of the ischium, which are also known as the sitz or sitting bones.

In other apes, the equivalent gluteal muscles originate in the fascia that covers the gluteus medius and spinal erectors and from the sacrum and ischium.

Square proportions measured from the withers to the ground, point of shoulder to the ischium.

The length of the dog, measured from the sternum to the ischium is nearly the same as the height.

17) Which of the following is the large bone found superior to the patella and inferior to the ischium?