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Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament

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Pair of ligaments in the human torso
Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament
Details
FromSacrum
ToCoccyx
Identifiers
Latinligamentum sacrococcygeum laterale
TA98A03.2.08.005
TA21692
FMA21503
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

In the human body, the lateral sacrococcygeal ligament is a bilaterally paired ligament extending between the transverse process coccyx, and the inferolateral angle of the sacrum. The ligament forms a foramen for an anterior ramus of the fifth sacral nerve (S5). The ligament may become ossified. There may be up to three lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments on either side of the sacral hiatus.

Function

Together with the anterior, posterior, and intercornual sacrococcygeal ligaments, the lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments stabilize the sacrococcygeal symphysis (i.e. the joint between the sacrum and the coccyx).

See also

References

  1. ^ Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 325. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
  2. ^ Morris (2005), p 59
  3. Huijbregts (2001), p 13

References

Joints and ligaments of torso
Vertebral
Syndesmosis
Of vertebral bodies
Of vertebral arches
Symphysis
Synovial joint
Atlanto-axial
  • Lateral: no ligaments
Zygapophysial
  • no ligaments
Lumbosacral
Sacrococcygeal
Thorax
Costovertebral
Head of rib
Costotransverse
Sternocostal
Interchondral
  • no ligaments
Costochondral
  • no ligaments
Pelvis
Syndesmoses of pelvic girdle
Pubic symphysis
Sacroiliac


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