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Iliac tubercle

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Iliac tubercle
Right hip bone. External surface.
Right hip bone. Internal surface.
Details
Identifiers
LatinTuberculum iliacum
TA98A02.5.01.108
TA21324
FMA16900
Anatomical terms of bone

The iliac tubercle is located approximately 5 cm (2 in) posterior to the anterior superior iliac spine on the iliac crest in humans.[1] The transverse plane that includes each of the tubercles (one from the left iliac tubercle and one from the right iliac tubercle) is called the transtubercular plane. The origin of the iliotibial tract is the iliac tubercle.[1] The iliac tubercle is also the widest point of the iliac crest, and lies at the level of the L5 spinous process.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Clinically oriented anatomy (6 ed.). Wolters Kluwer. 2010. p. 184. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Clinically oriented anatomy (6 ed.). Wolters Kluwer. 2010. p. 520. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)


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