Sex difference: A woman's pelvis is shallower and wider than a man's. Ball and socket joint: Connects your leg to your pelvis. Hipbones. Your pelvis is a ring of bone that supports the weight of your upper body. Commonly referred to as your hipbones, the two major bones in your pelvis are your coxal bones.Each coxal bone is made up of three smaller bones that fuse together: your ilium, ischium and pubic bone.ip joint. Your legs are connected to your pelvis by your hip joint. The head of your femur (thigh bone) fits inside a deep socket in your pelvis called the acetabulum to make your hip joint, which is a 'ball and socket' joint.
Poisoning with the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) occurs after ingestion of various species of puffer fish (see the image below). Puffer fish. The flesh of the puffer fish (ie, fugu) is considered a delicacy in Japan.
The first symptom of (tetrodotoxin) intoxication is a slight numbness of the lips and tongue, appearing between 20 minutes to three hours after eating poisonous puffer fish,. The next symptom is increasing paraesthesia in the face and extremities, which may be followed by sensations of lightness or floating.