title: Cross-sectional anatomy of the adult bony acetabulum.
abstract: Cross-sectional cuts through the acetabulum of a cadaveric pelvis were obtained to evaluate the bony anatomy. There are six slices of 1 cm thickness which define the acetabulum. This information has been important to us primarily to assess acetabular fractures with computerized tomography.
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans