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.
, Private Sushi Chef, Sustainable Fish Director of Breakthrough Sushi. The chef doesn't learn how to remove the tetrodotoxin.. He learns which parts of the fish contain it, how to avoid those parts, and how to avoid contaminating the non-toxin-bearing flesh with the toxin. Tetrodotoxin cannot be removed without using chemicals that would make the fish inedible.