Tamsyn: the iliac crest is like a ragged shoreline
Me, not knowing what the fuck that means: soo true 😭 the cinnamon topography 💯💯💯
I was wrong she calls it a “beautiful riverbed edge” and compares harrow’s love for it to her love for god in a paragraph that fucking decimates me every single time I read it and, let me emphasize this, I still do not know what an iliac crest is
what we understand as the pelvis (or the “inomanate bone”, if you want to be fancy) is actually 3 bones: the ilium, ischium, and pubis. these bones are completely seperate when we are born and dont fuse together until late puberty, with full fusion only happening in early adulthood. the peace sign looking area where they all join up is where the head of the femur sits:
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the iliac crest (highlighted above in bright blue) is the most superior (top) aspect of the iliac bone. the iliac crest is an important clinical marker for finding where stuff is under the skin and also attaches to some important large muscles of the back. the iliac crest specifically is what is commonly meant when people talk about “hip bones”.
and it DOES look like a beautiful riverbed edge. tamsym muir is a genius and a scholar.
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