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(Encyclopedia) hip, in human anatomy, the joint separating the thigh bone from the pelvis, and the surrounding flesh. The adult hipbone consolidates three bones separate in youth: the ilium, ischium…
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Internal anatomy of a lamp shell, Magellania, representative of the phylum Brachiopoda
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Internal anatomy of a female rotifer, representative of the phylum Aschelminthes
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