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Inferior pubic ramus
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| Bone: Inferior pubic ramus | ||
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| Right hip bone. External surface. (Inferior ramus of pubis labeled at bottom right.) | ||
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| Pelvis. Inferior ramus is 4c. | ||
| Latin | ramus inferior ossis pubis | |
| Gray's | subject #57 237 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_02/12690329 | |
The inferior pubic ramus is thin and flattened. It passes lateralward and downward from the medial end of the superior ramus; it becomes narrower as it descends and joins with the inferior ramus of the ischium below the obturator foramen.
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Its anterior surface is rough, for the origin of muscles—the Gracilis along its medial border, a portion of the Obturator externus where it enters into the formation of the obturator foramen, and between these two, the Adductores brevis and magnus, the former being the more medial.
The posterior surface is smooth, and gives origin to the Obturator internus, and, close to the medial margin, to the Constrictor urethrae.
The medial border is thick, rough, and everted, especially in females. It presents two ridges, separated by an intervening space.
The ridges extend downward, and are continuous with similar ridges on the inferior ramus of the ischium;
- to the external is attached the fascia of Colles.
- to the internal the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm.
The lateral border is thin and sharp, forms part of the circumference of the obturator foramen, and gives attachment to the obturator membrane.
- inferior+pubic+ramus at eMedicine Dictionary
- Cross section at UV pelvis/pelvis-e12-15
- Norman/Georgetown pelvis (pelvislateral)
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
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| General | sacrum, coccyx, hip bone |
| Ilium | Body (Arcuate line) Wing: gluteal lines (Posterior, Anterior, Inferior) - Fossa - iliac spines (Anterior superior, Anterior inferior, Posterior superior, Posterior inferior) - Crest - Tuberosity |
| Ischium | Body (Ischial spine, Lesser sciatic notch) - Superior ramus (Tuberosity of the ischium) - Inferior ramus |
| Pubis | Body - Superior ramus (Pubic tubercle, Pubic crest, Obturator crest) - Inferior ramus (Pectineal line) |
| Compound | Acetabulum (Acetabular notch) - Iliopubic eminence/Iliopectineal line - Linea terminalis - Ischiopubic ramus/Pubic arch
Obturator foramen - Greater sciatic foramen/Greater sciatic notch - Lesser sciatic foramen Lesser pelvis (Pelvic inlet, Pelvic brim, Pelvic outlet) - Greater pelvis |
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