Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament

Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament
Details
FromSacrum
ToCoccyx
Identifiers
LatinLigamentum sacrococcygeum laterale
TA98A03.2.08.005
TA21692
FMA21503
Anatomical terminology

In the human body, the lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments is a pair of ligaments stretching from the lower lateral angles of the sacrum to the transverse processes of the first coccygeal vertebra.

Together with the anterior, posterior, and intercornual sacrococcygeal ligaments, they stabilize the sacrococcygeal symphysis, i.e. the joint between the sacrum and the coccyx.[1]

They complete the foramina for the last sacral nerve[1]

There are up to three lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments on either side of the sacral hiatus.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Morris (2005), p 59
  2. ↑ Huijbregts (2001), p 13

References

  • Morris, Craig E. (2005). Low Back Syndromes: Integrated Clinical Management. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-137472-8.
  • Huijbregts, Peter A. (2001). "In: Current Concepts of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy". Lumbopelvic region: Anatomy and biomechanics (PDF). APTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  • Masquelet, Alain C.; Christopher J. McCullough; Ian S. Fyfe; Raoul Tubiana (1993). An Atlas of Surgical Exposures of the Lower Extremity. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-85317-003-8. (An illustration of the posterior and lateral ligaments.)


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