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The
articulated pelvis forms a
pelvic canal which is the birth canal. It is
different in males when compared to females because of the obvious function in
parturition in the female. Hence it is wider and broader in the female than the
male. Above this canal at the level of the
pelvic brim, we
have the greater (or false) pelvis). The
pelvic canal
itself is the
true (or lesser) pelvis. It is made up of three bones-
hip
bone, sacrum and
coccyx. It has
superior aperture,
inferior
aperture and
midcavity.
The female pelvis has four main types-
gynecoid,
platypelloid,
android and
anthropoid
pelvis.
Differences between
male and female pelvis
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