| 1. | It is part of the pelvic brim, which is the edge of the pelvic inlet.
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| 2. | The pelvic inlet of a female is also wider because the child s head must pass through it.
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| 3. | The pelvic inlet is typically used to divide the abdominopelvic cavity into an true pelvis ( below the inlet ).
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| 4. | Women's pelvises are wider in the pelvic inlet and are wider throughout the pelvis to allow for child birth.
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| 5. | However, Caldwell and Moloy then complicated this simple fourfold scheme by dividing the pelvic inlet into posterior and anterior segments.
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