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Fourth lumbar vertebra 

 Vertebra lumbalis IV 



Intervertebral foramen 

 Foramen intervertebrale 



Sacral promontory 



Promontorium 



Anterior sacro-iliac ligament - 

 Ligg. sacro-iliaca anteriora 



Brim of the pelvis 



Linea terminalis 



Obturator canal 



Canalis obturatorius 



Spine of the pubis 



Tuberculum pubicum 



Interpubic disc 



Lamina fibrocartilaginea interpubica' 



Inferior pubic or subpubic ligament /' 

 Lig. arcuatum pubis 



Obturator membrane, or ligament 

 Membrana obturatoria 



1 See note on p. 216. 



Sacral canal 



,--' Canalis sacralis 



Great sacrosciatic foramen 



Foramen ischiadicum 

 majus 



Anterior or small sacro- 

 sciatic ligament 

 Lig. sacrospinosum 



Sacrococcygeal symphysis 1 

 Symphysis sacrococcygea 



. Small sacrosciatic ligament 

 Foramen ischiadicum 



'< Posterior or great sacrosciatic ligament 

 '" Lig. sacrotuberosum 

 Tuberosity of the ischium 

 Tuber ischiadicum 



Falciform process of the great sacrosciatic ligament 

 Proc. falciformis ligamenti sacrotuberosi 



FlG. 452. LlGAMENTA SACROTUBEROSUM ET SACROSPINOSUM, POSTERIOR OR GREAT AND 

 ANTERIOR OR SMALL SACROSCIATIC LIGAMENTS ; FORAMINA ISCHIADICA, SACROSCIATIC 

 FORAMINA. MEMBRANA OBTURATORIA, OBTURATOR MEMBRANE OR LIGAMENT ; CANALIS 

 OBTURATORIUS, OBTURATOR CANAL. ARTICULAT 10 SACRO-ILIACA, SACRO-ILIAC ARTICULATION. 

 (THE RIGHT HALF OF A PELVIS DIVIDED IN THE MEDIAN PLANE; SEEN FROM THE INNER 

 SIDE.) 



Articulationes et ligamenta cinguli extremitatis inferioris Articulations and ligaments 



of the pelvic girdle. 



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