THE SKELETON OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY 



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Diagonal conjugate 



Conjugata diagonalis x 



True conjugate (conjugata vera), 

 median-sagittal or antero-posterior\ 

 diameter of pelvic brim 



- Median-sagittal or antero-postenor 

 diameter of the pelvic cavity 



Axis of the pelvic canal 



Axis pelvis 



Median-sagittal or antero-posterior 



diameter of the pelvic outlet 

 Horizontal plane 



Inclination of the pelvis'' 

 Inclinatio pelvis 



FIG. 309. THE MEDIAN-SAGITTAL OR ANTERQ-POSTERIOR DIAMETERS OF THE TRUE PELVIS. 



Transverse diameter 



Diameter transversa 



Oblique diameter 

 Diameter obliqua'~~'^. 



Antero-posterior diameter, or ( 

 true conjugate - -v^ 



Conjugata (vera) 



FIG. 310. THE DIAMETERS OF THE PELVIC INLET (APERTURA PELVIS SUPERIOR). 



The Principal Diameters of the True Pelvis. 



