Pubic tubercle

Pubic tubercle
Pubic symphysis exposed by a coronal section. (Pubic tubercle labeled at upper left.)
Pelvis. Pubic tubercle is 4d.
Details
Latin	Tuberculum pubicum ossis pubis
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	t_21/12829051
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The pubic tubercle is a prominent forward-projecting tubercle on the upper border of the medial portion of the superior ramus of the pubis. The inguinal ligament attaches to it.The pubic spine is a rough ridge that extend from the pubic tubercle to the upper border of pubic symphysis.

References

• This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Anatomy photo:35:os-0106 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Anterior Abdominal Wall: Osteology and Surface Anatomy"
• Anatomy photo:44:st-0719 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Male Pelvis: Hip Bone"
• Atlas image: abdo_wall65 at the University of Michigan Health System - "The Coverings of the Inguinal Canal, External & Internal Oblique & Transversus Abdominis Removed"
• pelvis at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (pelvissuperior2, pelvislateral, pelvisinside)
• Photo at nysora.com
• Photo of dissection at chula.ac.th
• Article and diagram at studentbmj.com