Word Meanings - SUPRA-ILIUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.

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• SACRAL
  Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
• ILIUM
  The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone.
• CARTILAGINOUS
  Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
• INTERCARTILAGINOUS
  Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.
• UROSACRAL
  Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebræ of birds.
• LUMBOSACRAL
  Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum.
• SUBSACRAL
  Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum.
• SUPERCILIUM
  The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.
• SUPRA-ILIUM
  The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.
• SUPERSACRAL
  Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.
• SUBCARTILAGINOUS
  Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages. Partially cartilaginous.
• CILIUM
  See CILIA