| Ligament: Inferior pubic ligament | ||
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| Pubic symphysis exposed by a coronal section. (Inferior pubic ligament is labeled -- with very small text -- at left.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum pubicum inferius | |
| Gray's | subject #80 310 | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492871 | |
The inferior pubic ligament (arcuate pubic ligament, arcuate ligament of the pubis, or subpubic ligament) is a thick, triangular arch of ligamentous fibers, connecting together the two pubic bones below, and forming the upper boundary of the pubic arch.
Above, it is blended with the interpubic fibrocartilaginous lamina; laterally, it is attached to the inferior rami of the pubic bones; below, it is free, and is separated from the fascia of the urogenital diaphragm by an opening through which the deep dorsal vein of the penis passes into the pelvis.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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