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For the bone in many mammals often called the penis bone, see baculum
Baculum

The baculum is a bone found in the penis of most mammals. It is absent in humans, equidae, marsupials, lagomorphs, and hyenas, and cetaceans among others....


The android pubic bone is the ventral and anterior of the three principal bone
Bone

Bones are rigid organ that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red blood cell and white blood cells and store minerals....
s composing either half of the pelvis
Pelvis

The pelvis or pelvic girdle is the irregular bone structure located at the base of the spine . In the adult human, it is formed by the sacrum and the coccyx, the caudal part of the axial skeleton, and a pair of hip bones, part of the appendicular skeleton or human leg....
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It is covered by a layer of fat
Fat

Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and largely insoluble in water. Chemistry, fats are generally ester of glycerol and fatty acids....
, which is covered by the mons pubis
Mons pubis

In human anatomy or in mammals in general, the mons pubis , also known as the mons veneris or simply the mons, is the fatty tissue present in women above the pubic bone....
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It is divisible into a body
Body of pubic bone

The body of pubic boneforms the wide, strong, medial and flat portion of the Pubis which unite in the pubic symphysis.The rough superior edge of the corpus, the pubic crest, ends laterally in the pubic tubercle....
, a superior ramus
Superior pubic ramus

The superior pubic ramus is a part of the pubic bone which forms a portion of the obturator foramen.It extends from the body to the median plane where it articulates with its fellow of the opposite side....
 and an inferior ramus
Inferior pubic ramus

The inferior pubic ramus is thin and flattened. It passes lateralward and downward from the medial end of the superior ramus; it becomes narrower as it descends and joins with the inferior ramus of the ischium below the obturator foramen....
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The body forms one-fifth of the acetabulum
Acetabulum

The acetabulum is a :wikt:concave surface of the pelvis. The femur head meets with the pelvis at the acetabulum, forming the hip joint....
, contributing by its external surface both to the lunate surface and the acetabular fossa.






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For the bone in many mammals often called the penis bone, see baculum
Baculum

The baculum is a bone found in the penis of most mammals. It is absent in humans, equidae, marsupials, lagomorphs, and hyenas, and cetaceans among others....


The android pubic bone is the ventral and anterior of the three principal bone
Bone

Bones are rigid organ that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red blood cell and white blood cells and store minerals....
s composing either half of the pelvis
Pelvis

The pelvis or pelvic girdle is the irregular bone structure located at the base of the spine . In the adult human, it is formed by the sacrum and the coccyx, the caudal part of the axial skeleton, and a pair of hip bones, part of the appendicular skeleton or human leg....
.

It is covered by a layer of fat
Fat

Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and largely insoluble in water. Chemistry, fats are generally ester of glycerol and fatty acids....
, which is covered by the mons pubis
Mons pubis

In human anatomy or in mammals in general, the mons pubis , also known as the mons veneris or simply the mons, is the fatty tissue present in women above the pubic bone....
.

It is divisible into a body
Body of pubic bone

The body of pubic boneforms the wide, strong, medial and flat portion of the Pubis which unite in the pubic symphysis.The rough superior edge of the corpus, the pubic crest, ends laterally in the pubic tubercle....
, a superior ramus
Superior pubic ramus

The superior pubic ramus is a part of the pubic bone which forms a portion of the obturator foramen.It extends from the body to the median plane where it articulates with its fellow of the opposite side....
 and an inferior ramus
Inferior pubic ramus

The inferior pubic ramus is thin and flattened. It passes lateralward and downward from the medial end of the superior ramus; it becomes narrower as it descends and joins with the inferior ramus of the ischium below the obturator foramen....
.

The body forms one-fifth of the acetabulum
Acetabulum

The acetabulum is a :wikt:concave surface of the pelvis. The femur head meets with the pelvis at the acetabulum, forming the hip joint....
, contributing by its external surface both to the lunate surface and the acetabular fossa. Its internal surface enters into the formation of the wall of the lesser pelvis and gives origin to a portion of the obturator internus.

In the female, the pubic bone is anterior to the urethral sponge
Urethral sponge

The urethral sponge is a spongy cushion of biological tissue, found in the lower genitals of women, that sits against both the pubic bone and vaginal wall, and surrounds the urethra....
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The left and right hip bones join at the pubic symphysis
Pubic symphysis

The pubic symphysis is the midline cartilage joint uniting the superior pubic ramus of the left and right pubis . It is located anterior to the urinary bladder and superior to the external genitalia; for females it is above the vulva and for males it is above the penis....
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