Hip bone portion. The inferior pubic ramus is thin and flat. It passes laterally and downward from the medial end of the superior ramus. It becomes narrower as it descends and joins with the inferior ramus of the ischium below the obturator foramen. The hip bone is ossified from eight centers: three primary, one each for the ilium, ischium, and pubis, and five secondary, one each for the iliac crest, the anterior inferior spine (said to occur more frequently in the male than in the female), the tuberosity of the ischium, the pubic symphysis (more frequent in the female than in the
The Bone Forest novella "The Bone Forest.", after which the volume takes its name. The additional stories in "The Bone Forest" bear little relation with either time or events in the "Mythago Wood" cycle, yet the short stories are largely influenced by the fantasy realm created as part of the "Mythago Wood" cycle. "The Bone Forest" has both won and been nominated for fantasy literature awards. The short stories in "The Bone Forest" previously appeared in a variety of publications between 1976 and 1989. The novella The Bone Forest was published as part of the 2009 Gollanz edition of "Merlin's Wood" along with