Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament | |
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Details | |
From | Sacrum |
To | Coccyx |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ligamentum sacrococcygeum laterale |
TA98 | A03.2.08.005 |
TA2 | 1692 |
FMA | 21503 |
Anatomical terminology |
In the human body, the lateral sacrococcygeal ligament is a bilaterally paired ligament extending between the transverse process coccyx, and the inferolateral angle of the sacrum.[1] The ligament forms a foramen for[2][1] an anterior ramus[1] of the fifth sacral nerve (S5).[2][1] The ligament may become ossified.[1] There may be up to three lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments on either side of the sacral hiatus.[3]