iliopectineal line

{{Short description|Anatomical structure on the pelvic bones}}

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The iliopectineal line is the border of the iliopubic eminence.{{cite book|title=Stedman's Medical dictionary 1914 3rd ed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCeKoHuwkjkC&pg=PA692|year=1914|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|pages=692–}} It can be defined as a compound structure of the arcuate line (from the ilium) and pectineal line (from the pubis). With the sacral promontory, it makes up the linea terminalis.{{cite book |author=Kirschner, Celeste G. |title=Netter's Atlas Of Human Anatomy For CPT Coding |publisher=American medical association |location=Chicago |year=2005 |isbn=1-57947-669-4 |page=274}}

The Iliopectineal line divides the pelvis into the pelvis major (false pelvis) above and the pelvis minor (true pelvis) below.