Anatom3DSacroiliac joints
Articulationes sacroiliacae · Křížokyčelní klouby
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A rough, tightly-bound joint where the sacrum meets each hip bone, with almost no movement.
What it does
Passes the weight of the trunk into the legs.
Keeping it well
Movement and hip strength; it loosens in pregnancy and can ache for months afterwards.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Axial spondyloarthritis
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Brucellosis
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Obstructed labour and obstetric fistula
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder