Other Definitions pelvis (enc)
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Pelvis| Noun | 1. | pelvis - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebratescoccyx, tail bone - the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes hipbone, innominate bone - large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis ilium - the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone os pubis, pubic bone, pubis - one of the three sections of the hipbone; together the two pubic bones form the front of the pelvis sacrum - wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx girdle - an encircling or ringlike structure appendicular skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs | | | 2. | pelvis - a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureterkidney - either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder | |
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