Morphological Studies on the Pelvis of Jungle Babbler (Argya Striata)

Abstract

small elongated bone, narrow cranially (9.0 mm) and wide (25.0 mm) caudally. It was comprised of two equal half and each half was made up of an ilium, ischium and a pubis. The ilium was a thin, long plate of bone, the ischium was comparatively thick plate and the pubis was a slender rod–like bone. It had a pre-acetabular and a post acetabular part. The post-acetabular parts of the ilium were separated by the transverse processes of the lumbosacral vertebrae. The median crest was formed by the fused spinous process of the synsacrum and it was present cranially, but absent at the level of acetabulum while present in the caudal one third part. The pectineal
process was absent. Acetabulum was formed by ilium, ischium and pubis. Its caudal extremity extended beyond the ilium and ischium and bent medially and formed pubic symphysis.