Superior pubic ligament

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Ligament: Superior pubic ligament
Symphysis pubis exposed by a coronal section. (Superior pubic ligament is labeled -- with very small text -- at center left.)
Latin	ligamentum pubicum superius
Gray's	subject #80 310
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The superior pubic ligament connects together the two pubic bones superiorly, extending laterally as far as the pubic tubercles.

[edit] See also

• Pubic symphysis

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