ARTICULA TIONS. LIGAMENTS. 



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spines ; (19) the posterior iliac spines, superior and inferior ; (20) the promontory 

 of the sacrum ; (21) the alas of the sacrum, consisting of transverse and costal 

 elemental parts ; (22) the anterior sacral foramina, for the anterior sacral nerves ; 

 (23) the sacro-iliac synchondrosis, right and left; (24) the greater and lesser 



Superior pubio ligament 



Inferior pubic ligament 



FIG. 324. ANTERIOR VIEW OF THE SYMPHYSIS Puuis (FEMALE, SHOWING GREATER WIDTH 



BETWEEN THE BONES). 



Inferior pubio ligament 



FIG. 325. POSTERIOR VIEW OF THE SYMPHYSIS PUBIS, SHOWING THE BACKWARD PROJECTION OK 

 THE SYMPHYSIAI. SUBSTANCE AND THE DECUSSATION OF THE FIBRES FROM THE INFERIOR 

 PUBIC LIGAMENT. 



Superior pubic ligament 



Inferior pubic ligament 



FIG. 326. ANTERIOR VIEW OF THE SYMPHYSIS Pi ms (MALE) SHOWING DECUSSATION OF THK 

 FIBRES OF THE ANTERIOR LIGAMENT. 



trochanters of the femur ; (25) the anterior and posterior intertrochanteric lines ; 

 (26) the digital or trochanteric fossa ; (27) the superior and inferior cervical 

 tubercles of the femur. 



