• In both male and female the body of the ilium forms about two-fifths of the articular

surface of the acetabulum.

• It expands superiorly into the flattened iliac wing or ala, which gives rise to muscular
attachments.

• The ala has inferior, anterior, and posterior gluteal lines that mark its surface and form the
fascia between the attachments of the gluteal muscles.

• Medially, there is a sacropelvic surface and an iliac fossa (the latter of which is filled by
the iliacus muscle).

• The sacropelvic surface lies below and behind the iliac fossa, separated from it by a
ridge.

• The sacral portion bears the irregular L-shaped auricular surface for articulation with the
sacrum at the sacro-iliac joint.