subpubic angle

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Introduction

The angle formed between the inferior pubic ramus of the pubic bones.

Female:

  • the angle is nearly a right angle (sometimes > 90 degrees)

Male:

  • the angle is ~60 degrees

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.