subpubic

subpubic
Beneath the pubic arch; denoting a ligament, the arcuate pubic ligament, connecting the two pubic bones below the arch.

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sub·pu·bic (səb-puґbik) inferior to the pubic arch.

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  • subpubic arch — angulus subpubicus …   Medical dictionary

  • subpubic ligament — ligamentum pubicum inferius …   Medical dictionary

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  • angulus subpubicus — [TA] subpubic angle: the apex of the pubic arch; the angle formed at the point of meeting of the conjoined rami of the ischial and pubic bones of the two sides of the body. Called also subpubic arch and arch of pelvis …   Medical dictionary

  • Inferior pubic ligament — Infobox Ligament Name = Inferior pubic ligament Latin = ligamentum pubicum inferius GraySubject = 80 GrayPage = 310 Caption = Symphysis pubis exposed by a coronal section. (Inferior pubic ligament is labeled with very small text at left.)… …   Wikipedia

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