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    The pubic symphysis is a cartilaginous joint between the left and right pubic bones at the front of the pelvis. It connects the two pubic bones and is located below the urinary bladder in both males and females. The pubic symphysis allows for a small amount of movement and flexibility, increasing during childbirth for women. It is composed of fibrocartilage and connected by ligaments including the superior and inferior pubic ligaments.

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    The pubic symphysis is a cartilaginous joint between the left and right pubic bones at the front of the pelvis. It connects the two pubic bones and is located below the urinary bladder in both males and females. The pubic symphysis allows for a small amount of movement and flexibility, increasing during childbirth for women. It is composed of fibrocartilage and connected by ligaments including the superior and inferior pubic ligaments.

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    The pubic symphysis is a cartilaginous joint between the left and right pubic bones at the front of the pelvis. It connects the two pubic bones and is located below the urinary bladder in both males and females. The pubic symphysis allows for a small amount of movement and flexibility, increasing during childbirth for women. It is composed of fibrocartilage and connected by ligaments including the superior and inferior pubic ligaments.

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    Pubic symphysis

    The pubic symphysis sits between and joins of the left and

    right superior rami of the pubic bones.

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    Identifiers

    Latin symphysis pubica, symphysis pubis

    MeSH D011631
    TA98 A03.6.02.001

    TA2 1855

    FMA 16950

    Anatomical terminology

    [edit on Wikidata]

    The pubic symphysis is a secondary cartilaginous joint between the left and


    right superior rami of the pubis of the hip bones. It is in front of and below the urinary
    bladder. In males, the suspensory ligament of the penis attaches to the pubic
    symphysis. In females, the pubic symphysis is close to the clitoris. In most adults it can
    be moved roughly 2 mm and with 1 degree rotation. This increases for women at the
    time of childbirth.[1]
    The name comes from the Greek word symphysis, meaning 'growing together'.[citation needed]

    Structure[edit]

    The pubic symphysis is a nonsynovial amphiarthrodial joint. The width of the pubic


    symphysis at the front is 3–5 mm greater than its width at the back. This joint is
    connected by fibrocartilage and may contain a fluid-filled cavity; the center is avascular,
    possibly due to the nature of the compressive forces passing through this joint, which
    may lead to harmful vascular disease.[2] The ends of both pubic bones are covered by a
    thin layer of hyaline cartilage attached to the fibrocartilage. The fibrocartilaginous disk is
    reinforced by a series of ligaments. These ligaments cling to the fibrocartilaginous disk
    to the point that fibers intermix with it.
    Two such ligaments are the superior pubic ligament and the inferior pubic ligament,
    which provide the most stability; the anterior and posterior ligaments are weaker. The
    strong and thicker superior ligament is reinforced by the tendons of the rectus
    abdominis muscle, the abdominal external oblique muscle, the gracilis muscle, and
    by muscles of the hip. The superior pubic ligament connects together the two pubic
    bones superiorly, extending laterally as far as the pubic tubercles. The inferior ligament
    in the pubic arch is also known as the arcuate pubic ligament or subpubic ligament; it is
    a thick, triangular arch of ligamentous fibers, connecting together the two pubic bones
    below, and forming the upper boundary of the pubic arch. Above, it is blended with the
    interpubic fibrocartilaginous lamina; laterally, it is attached to the inferior rami of
    the pubic bones; below, it is free, and is separated from the fascia of the urogenital
    diaphragm by an opening through which the deep dorsal vein of the penis passes into
    the pelvis.
    Fibrocartilage[edit]
    Fibrocartilage is composed of small, chained bundles of thick, clearly defined,
    type I collagen fibers. This fibrous connective tissue bundles have cartilage cells
    between them; these cells to a certain extent resemble tendon cells. The collagenous
    fibers are usually placed in an orderly arrangement parallel to tension on the tissue. It
    has a low content of glycosaminoglycans (2% of dry weight). Glycosaminoglycans are
    long, unbranched polysaccharides (relatively complex carbohydrates) consisting of
    repeating disaccharide units. Fibrocartilage does not have a surrounding perichondrium.
    Perichondrium surrounds the cartilage of developing bone; it has a layer of dense,
    irregular connective tissue and functions in the growth and repair of cartilage.

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