Pectineal line (pubis)

Bone: Pectineal line (pubis)

Female pelvis. Pectineal line in purple slightly lateral to midline of bottom of central opening.
Latin	linea pectinea, pecten ossis pubis
Gray's	subject #57 236
Dorlands / Elsevier	p_09/12621513

The pecten pubis or pectineal line of the pubis is a ridge on the superior ramus of the pubic bone.

The pecten pubis forms part of the pelvic brim.

Lying across it are fibers of the pectineal ligament and the proximal origin of the pectineus muscle.

In combination with the arcuate line, it makes the iliopectineal line.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Kirschner, Celeste G. (2005). Netter's Atlas Of Human Anatomy For CPT Coding. Chicago: American medical association, 274. ISBN 1-57947-669-4.

v • d • e Bones of pelvis/pelvic cavity

General	sacrum, coccyx, hip bone

Ilium	Body (Arcuate line) Wing: gluteal lines (Posterior, Anterior, Inferior) - Fossa - iliac spines (Anterior superior, Anterior inferior, Posterior superior, Posterior inferior) - Crest - Tuberosity

Ischium	Body (Ischial spine, Lesser sciatic notch) - Superior ramus (Tuberosity of the ischium) - Inferior ramus

Pubis	Body - Superior ramus (Pubic tubercle, Pubic crest, Obturator crest) - Inferior ramus (Pectineal line)

Compound	Acetabulum (Acetabular notch) - Iliopubic eminence/Iliopectineal line - Linea terminalis - Ischiopubic ramus/Pubic arch Obturator foramen - Greater sciatic foramen/Greater sciatic notch - Lesser sciatic foramen Lesser pelvis (Pelvic inlet, Pelvic brim, Pelvic outlet) - Greater pelvis

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