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Superior pubic ligament Lig. pubicum superiiisl 



'posterior prominence o 

 the interpubic disc 1 

 "Torus pubicus 



Foramen for the passage of the ,. 

 dorsal vein of the penis 



Inferior or descending 

 ramus of the pubis 



Ramus inferior ossis 

 pubis 



Pubic ligament of Astley 



Cooper, or Cooper's 



ligament 



Superior or ascending 

 ramus of the pubis 



Ramus superior ossis 

 pubis 



Venous foramen 



Obturator fascia 

 Fascia obturatoria 



* The sliuht posterior prominence of the interpubic disc has not received any name from Kn^lisli anatomists. A few transverse fibres 

 onnect the pubic 1 ca in ilii^ region, forming \\\e posterior pubic liganit-nt, which is not mentioned by Toldt. TR. 



2 See note 2 on p. 220. 



FIG. 458. SYMPHYSIS OSSIUM PUBIS, PUBIC SYMPHYSIS : TORUS PUBICUS, POSTERIOR PROMINENCE 

 OF THK INTERPUBIC Disc; LIGAMENTUM TRANSVERSUM PELVIS, TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT OF THE 

 PELVIS (see note* above), VflTH THE VENOUS FORAMINA; CONNEXIONS OF THE TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT 



OF THE PELVIS WITH THE OBTURATOR FASCIA. (THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS SEEN FROM BEHIND.) 



! Superior pubic ligament Lig. pubicum superius 



Periosteum _ 



Periosteum 



Interpubic disc 

 ""'Lamina fibrocartilaginea 

 interpubica 



The pubis 



7i 



Inferior pubic or subpubic ligament Lig. arcuatum pubis 



FIG. 459. SYMPHYSIS OSSIUM PUBIS, PUBIC SYMPHYSIS : LAMINA FIBROCARTILAGINEA INTERPUBICA, 

 INTERPUBIC Disc; LIGAMENTUM PUBICUM SUPERIUS, SUPERIOR PUBIC LIGAMENT; LIGAMENTUM 

 ARCUATUM PUBIS, INFERIOR PUBIC OR SUBPUBIC LIGAMENT. (THK PUBIC SYMPHYSIS IN 

 FRONTAL SECTION; ANTERIOR SURFACE OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT.) 



Symphysis ossium pubis Pubic symphysis*. 



