Difference between Ilium and Ileum

What is the difference between Ilium and Ileum?

Ilium as a noun is the ileum. while Ileum as a noun is the last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

Ilium

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The ileum. The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.

Ileum

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

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