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puboischiofemoralis

puboischiofemoralis noun: a muscle that extends from the pubis to the femur in some reptiles.

Noun

puboischiofemoralis

  1. A muscle that extends from the pubis to the femur in some reptiles
    • In the basal ornithischian Lesothosaurus, Maidment and Barrett (2011) [61 ] reconstructed two slips of the femoral adductor musculature as originating on the ventral and dorsal edges of the ischial shaft, and placed the insertion of the puboischiofemoralis externus between them.2015 December 24, “A New Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a Unique Ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of puboischiofemoralis

From pubo- + ischiofemoralis.

Questions about puboischiofemoralis

What does puboischiofemoralis mean?
Puboischiofemoralis means a muscle that extends from the pubis to the femur in some reptiles.
What part of speech is puboischiofemoralis?
Puboischiofemoralis is a noun.

Words near puboischiofemoralis in the dictionary

  1. puboiliac
  2. puboischiac
  3. puboischiadic
  4. puboischial
  5. puboischiatic
  6. puboischiofemoralis
  7. pubopenile
  8. puboperineal
  9. puboprostatic
  10. puborectal
  11. puborectalis

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