Superior pubic ligament

Superior pubic ligament

Infobox Ligament
Name = Superior pubic ligament
Latin = ligamentum pubicum superius
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Caption = Symphysis pubis exposed by a coronal section. (Superior pubic ligament is labeled -- with very small text -- at center left.)


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The superior pubic ligament connects together the two pubic bones superiorly, extending laterally as far as the pubic tubercles.

ee also

* Pubic symphysis


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