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# pelvis

«pelvis» in Mova's school dictionary: **the large ring of bones at the bottom of your spine that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pelvis, pelvises or pelves)

### meaning for a pupil

The pelvis is the large ring of bones at the bottom of your spine that joins your legs to your body; your hips are part of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the skeleton, the pelvis protects organs in the lower body and holds up the upper body; leg bones (femurs) fit into it at the hip joints. Women's pelvises are usually wider than men's.

### examples

- The pelvis connects the spine to the legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/#x1)
- Your hip bones are part of your pelvis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/#x2)
- She broke her pelvis in a fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/#x3)
- The femur fits into the pelvis at the hip joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/#x4)
- We labelled the pelvis on the skeleton diagram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/#x5)
- The pelvis protects organs like the bladder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/#x6)

### note

Plural: pelvises (pelves is rare and scientific). Adjective: pelvic. Each person has one pelvis.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pelvis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.