bäckenskovel

m_a_a_ Sep 4, 2016:

* seems to be...

m_a_a_ Sep 4, 2016:

More than a year has passed since these entries, but I happened to stumble across this thread after encountering the very same term, so I thought it might be worth commenting on...
@zebung, the "iliac crest" seems to no more than the edge (or border, as wiki puts it) of the bone in question, which hardly qualifies for anything you would liken to a shovel (sv. skovel)... I'd guess it's the Wing of Ilium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_of_ilium)...

zebung Jun 12, 2015:

pelvic blade

zebung Jun 12, 2015:

For some reason I can't "answer", but I think it is the iliac crest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliac_crest

Helen Johnson (asker) Jun 11, 2015:

Think it may be the "pelvic spade" www.urmc.rochester.edu › Health Encyclopedia. If anyone can confirm from their own knowledge, please put in an answer of course.