Plan of ossification of the hip bone. (Crest of ilium visible at upper right.)
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| colspan="2" |The relations of the kidneys from behind. (Iliac crest visible at bottom right.)
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|Latin
|colspan="2"|c. iliaca
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|Precursor
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|MeSH
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
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The crest of the ilium (or iliac crest) is convex in its general outline but is sinuously curved, being concave inward in front, concave outward behind.