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Ligament: Anterior sacrococcygeal ligament

Articulations of pelvis. Anterior view. (Anterior sacrococcygeal lig. visible at bottom left.)
Latin	ligamentum sacrococcygeum anterius
Gray's	subject #80 309
From	Sacrum
To	Coccyx
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12492953

The anterior sacrococcygeal ligament or ventral sacrococcygeal ligament consists of a few irregular fibers, which descend from the anterior surface of the sacrum to the front of the coccyx, blending with the periosteum.^[1]

This short^[2] ligament forms the continuation of the anterior longitudinal ligament and stretches over the sacrococcygeal symphysis.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Notes

^ Morris (2005), p 59
^ Sinnatamby (2006), p 336
^ OMD: Definition
^ Jinkins (2000), p 538
^ Ebrall (2004), 243

References

Morris, Craig E. (2005). Low Back Syndromes: Integrated Clinical Management. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-137472-8. http://books.google.se/books?id=EwKCu-Fti0YC&pg=PA59.
"ventral sacrococcygeal ligament". On-line Medical Dictionary. 2000-03-05. http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?ventral+sacrococcygeal+ligament. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
Jinkins, J. Randy (2000). Atlas of Neuroradiologic Embryology, Anatomy, and Variants. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-1652-7. http://books.google.se/books?id=F_qOsMbnjjAC&pg=PA538.
Ebrall, Phillip S.; Sportelli, Louis; Donato, Phillip R. (2004). "Ligaments about the sacral apex". Assessment of the Spine. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 0-443-07228-0. http://books.google.se/books?id=zfYdCZtcb1AC&pg=PA243.

Joints and ligaments of torso (TA A03.02–04, GA 3.299)

Vertebral

Syndesmosis

Of vertebral bodies	anterior longitudinal ligament · posterior longitudinal ligament

Of vertebral arches	ligamenta flava · supraspinous ligament (nuchal ligament) · interspinal ligament · intertransverse ligament

Symphysis

intervertebral disc (annulus fibrosus, nucleus pulposus)

Synovial joint

Atlanto-axial	median: Cruciate ligament of atlas (Transverse ligament of atlas) · Alar ligament · Apical ligament of dens · Tectorial membrane of atlanto-axial joint lateral: no ligaments anterior atlantoaxial ligament · posterior atlantoaxial ligament

Zygapophysial	no ligaments

Lumbosacral	iliolumbar ligament

Sacrococcygeal	anterior sacrococcygeal ligament · posterior sacrococcygeal ligament

Thorax

Costovertebral

Head of rib	Radiate ligament · Intra-articular ligament

Costotransverse	Costotransverse ligament · Lumbocostal ligament

Sternocostal

interarticular sternocostal ligament · radiate sternocostal ligaments · costoxiphoid ligaments

Interchondral

no ligaments

Costochondral

no ligaments

Pelvis

Syndesmoses of pelvic girdle	Obturator membrane · Obturator canal

Pubic symphysis	superior pubic ligament · inferior pubic ligament

Sacroiliac	anterior sacroiliac ligament · posterior sacroiliac ligament · interosseous sacroiliac ligament ligaments connecting the sacrum and ischium: sacrotuberous ligament · sacrospinous ligament Greater sciatic foramen · Lesser sciatic foramen

M: JNT

anat(h/c, u, t, l)/phys

noco(arth/defr/back/soft)/cong, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(M01C, M4)

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