Anatom3DPubis & pubic symphysis
Os pubis et symphysis pubica · Kost stydká a stydká spona
Skeleton
Looks like
The front part of the hip bone; the two sides meet at the pubic symphysis, a joint of cartilage low in the midline.
What it does
Closes the front of the pelvic ring and anchors belly and groin muscles.
Keeping it well
The joint loosens in pregnancy and can be painful; fractures of the pubic rami after a fall are common in older people with osteoporosis.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Obstructed labour and obstetric fistula
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency