Inferior Gluteal Line

The inferior gluteal line (inferior curved line), the least distinct of the three gluteal lines, begins in front at the notch on the anterior border, and, curving backward and downward, ends near the middle of the greater sciatic notch.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

Bones of pelvis / pelvic cavity (TA A02.5.01–03, GA 2.231–241)
General sacrum · coccyx · hip bone
Ilium
body arcuate line
wing

gluteal lines (posterior, anterior, inferior)

iliac spines (anterior superior, anterior inferior, posterior superior, posterior inferior)

other: crest · tuberosity · tubercle · fossa
Ischium
body ischial spine · lesser sciatic notch
superior ramus tuberosity of the ischium
inferior ramus no substructures
Pubis
body pubic crest
superior ramus pubic tubercle · obturator crest
inferior ramus pectineal line
Compound

acetabulum (acetabular notch) · iliopubic eminence / iliopectineal line · linea terminalis · ischiopubic ramus / pubic arch
obturator foramen · greater sciatic foramen / greater sciatic notch · lesser sciatic foramen

lesser pelvis (pelvic inlet, pelvic brim, pelvic outlet) · greater pelvis

M: BON/CAR

anat (c/f/k/f, u, t/p, l)/phys/devp/cell

noco/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M5)

Famous quotes containing the words inferior and/or line:

    “To have more virtues than talents is to be a superior person; to have more talents than virtues is to be an inferior one.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Expediency of literature, reason of literature, lawfulness of writing down a thought, is questioned; much is to say on both sides, and, while the fight waxes hot, thou, dearest scholar, stick to thy foolish task, add a line every hour, and between whiles add a line.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)