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| Ligament: Inferior pubic ligament | ||
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| Symphysis pubis 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 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.
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