Sex differences in human physiology pelvis is, in general, different between the human female and male skeleton. It differs both in overall shape and structure. The female pelvis, adapted for gestation and childbirth, is less high, but proportionately wider and more circular than in the male; its sacrum—the triangular bone at the upper posterior of the pelvic cavity, serving as base of the spine—is also wider. The female pelvis is tilted anteriorly, often resulting in the more sway-backed appearance. In the female, the acetabula, the concave surfaces to which the balls of the femurs attach via ligaments, are located farther apart, which increases the distance
Traditional Chinese medicines derived from the human body infectious disease is really not pertinent "because bone would be ineffective in the treatment of any infectious process." Prescription 52.28.1 (tr. Luo 2003: 4180-4181) "Tianlingaisan" "Powder of human Skull Top", which is said to be "good for killing worms in a consumptive disease", mentions seeing a "chuanshi". First, take "one piece of human skull top two fingers wide, simmer the drug with Tanxiang/sandalwood, then stir-fry with Su/butter. Then chant incantations." Fifteen herbal ingredients are added with the skull bone into a decoction, which will cause the patient to defecate "worms of strange shapes". Cooper & Sivin (tr. 1973: 250) translate