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| Sacrum, pelvic surface. (Promontory labeled at top.) | |
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| Female pelvis and its contents, seen from above and in front. (Sacral promontory labeled at center top.) | |
| Latin | promontorium ossis sacri |
| Gray's | subject #24 106 |
The sacral promontory is the anatomical term for the superiormost portion of the sacrum. It marks part of the border of the pelvic inlet.
With the iliopectineal line, it comprises the linea terminalis.[1]
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References
- ^ Kirschner, Celeste G. (2005). Netter's Atlas Of Human Anatomy For CPT Coding. Chicago: American medical association, 274. ISBN 1-57947-669-4.
External links
- SUNY Labs 43:st-0408 - "The Female Pelvis: Bones"
- Norman/Georgetown pelvis (pelvissuperior2, malepelvissagittalmidlinestruct)
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