What's the difference between pelvis and pubis?

Pelvis


Definition:

  • (n.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
  • (n.) The calyx of a crinoid.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
  • (2) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
  • (3) A total of 400 patients with radiation injuries of the organs of the small pelvis were examined.
  • (4) The authors' experience suggests the following as the optimal follow-up: a) CT examination over a 6-month postoperative period; b) yearly CT examinations and urography over 4 postoperative years; c) yearly US examination over the first 2 years after surgery, to depict renal pelvis dilatation.
  • (5) Extraperitoneal hemorrhage, associated with a fracture of the pelvis, is a major cause of death in pedestrian accidents.
  • (6) Some patients received postoperative external beam irradiation (2000 cGy whole pelvis and an additional 3000 cGy to the parametria, with a midline stepwedge) when deep myometrial invasion was present.
  • (7) This is a correlative study of normal anatomy of the lumbosacral spine and pelvis demonstrated by SPECT and radiography in order to assure that morphologic detail resulting from SPECT is recognized and matched with radiographic landmarks in the same area.
  • (8) However, only three patients (3%) failed in the pelvis alone.
  • (9) Metastatic involvement of the pelvis, and in particular the acetabulum, is a common finding among patients with metastatic osseous disease.
  • (10) A patient with malignant hypertension and acute renal failure underwent percutaneous renal biopsy which resulted in the creation of an arteriovenous fistula that communicated with the renal pelvis.
  • (11) A woman in labor and not wearing a seat belt sustained multiple fractures of the pelvis and femur while in an automobile accident.
  • (12) The durect judgment of the function of the floor of the pelvis is only possible by the electromyogram.
  • (13) Contrast media in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis are applied for various purposes; different substances and forms of application must be distinguished.
  • (14) Two groups of subjects were studied: a first group of 20 healthy volunteers to define NMR semeiology of male pelvis and a second group of 40 patients with mainly tumoral lesions of vesicles or prostate.
  • (15) In all series of experiments multidimensional statistical analysis allowed one to reveal the effect conducive to a relative decrease in the blood content in the brain, myocardium, lungs, liver and to its increase in some abdominal organs, skin, muscle and bone tissues of the extremities, abdomen and pelvis.
  • (16) In 25 patients, small cell lung cancer was staged prospectively with both conventional staging and a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol that included 1.5-T MR imaging of the pelvis, abdomen, spine, and brain.
  • (17) Studies carried out on the phantom have shown how reliable transverse diameter measurements of the pelvis are when carried out by X-Ray scanning pelvimetry compared with conventional X-Ray pelvimetry.
  • (18) Approximately 10-20 ml fluid were withdrawn from the renal pelvis for cytology and culture.
  • (19) Using chi 2 analysis, we found that failure of external version was significantly associated with obesity, descent of the breech into the pelvis, decreased fluid, and fetal back positioned posteriorly.
  • (20) For the renal pelvis the results show 6 X 10(-5) M thiphenamil, 10(-3) M oxybutynin, and 5 X 10(-6) M verapamil resulted in a 50% inhibition of the phasic contractions.

Pubis


Definition:

  • (n.) The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) During walking, all components of sacroiliac articulation and the symphysis pubis are apparently subjected to sudden changes in stress.
  • (2) Stress fractures of the symphysis pubis are usually due to bone insufficiency.
  • (3) A 37-year-old man visited our hospital with the chief complaint of a painless mass in subcutaneous tissue of the pubis.
  • (4) the gas is released from solution from the small amount of fluid trapped in the calculus, in the same way that gas may be 'pulled' out of solution in a joint, a degenerate intervertebral disc or the fibro-cartilage of the symphysis pubis.
  • (5) Abnormal mucopolysacchariduria, observed in both patients, and cataracts, fusion of the symphysis pubis, and deficiency of carpal bones, seen in the mother, have not been described previously.
  • (6) In patients with injury to the sacro-iliac joints or of the sacrum, the extent of the injury and the degree of pelvic instability was better shown by CT. All other bony lesions, such as fractures of the ilium, pubis, ischium or the symphysis could be diagnosed adequately by simple radiographs.
  • (7) The specific and complementary investigations revealed the absence of the left half of sacrum, coccyx, together with the left iliac bone, ischium and pubis.
  • (8) Thus, both sacroiliac articulation and symphysis pubis show characteristic distribution of the subchondral bone density and layout of the tensile collagen fibrous material as expression of a strongly varying qualitative pattern of stress during walking.
  • (9) Complete removal of the skin and fat between the umbilicus and the pubis is always possible if the operating table is put in a proper position for closure.
  • (10) Following iliac (Salter) osteotomy, the second osteotomy was carried out medial to the obturator foramen in the interval between the symphysis pubis and the pubic tubercle.
  • (11) In each patient, the bacterial cause was suggested by a known infectious process adjacent of the symphysis pubis.
  • (12) The results of 55 "normal" cases were analyzed for size and relationship to the symphysis pubis, retropubic space, and bladder, as shown on CT sections correlating the features with age and possible urinary symptoms.
  • (13) However, in the nonmodified group there was one patient with osteitis pubis, one patient with urethral stenosis and two patients with prolonged urinary retention.
  • (14) Sites of involvement included the pubis in three patients, the ilium in two patients, and the ischium in one patient.
  • (15) Pelveoperitonitis and rupture of the symphysis pubis in one case each (3 per cent).
  • (16) Periostitis pubis is a clinical syndrome previously undescribed in the literature.
  • (17) The ventral arc is a ridge of bone which may occur on the ventral surface of the corpus of the os pubis in adult females.
  • (18) The separations were associated with considerable pain, swelling, and tenderness over the symphysis pubis and were confirmed roentgenographically.
  • (19) It is clear that osteitis pubis in athletes is not uncommon and that factors such as loss of rotation of hips and previous obstetric history are important in the aetiology and management of this condition.
  • (20) Throat, urine, and skin surfaces from scalp, ears, chest, face, axillary, submammary, umbilical, upper back, inguinal crease, gluteal-fold, perirectal, vaginal, pubis, penis, scrotal, leg, hands, feet, finger, and toenail areas were cultured for aerobic bacteria, yeast, and dermatophytes.