Definition of: pelvis

(pel′vis) noun plural ·ves (-vēz)
1. A basin or basinlike structure.
2. Anat. a The part of the skeleton that forms a bony girdle joining the lower or hind limbs to the body: composed, in man, of two hip bones and the sacrum. b The hollow interior portion of the kidney, into which the uriniferous tubules empty: formed by the expanded part of the ureter. [<NL <L, a basin]
HUMAN PELVIS
a. Crest of ilium.
b. Ilium.
c. Coccyx.
d. Socket of thigh bone.
e. Ischium.
f. Pubic symphysis.
g. Head of femur.
h. Sacrum.
i. Lumbar vertebrae.