Anatom3DAnterior sacro-iliac ligament
Ligamentum sacroiliacum anterius · Přední křížokyčelní vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A thin sheet over the front of the sacroiliac joint, inside the pelvis, joining the sacrum to the hip bone.
What it does
Closes the front of the joint; the weakest of the sacroiliac ligaments.
Keeping it well
Torn in pelvic ring fractures, letting the joint gap open at the front (seen on CT).
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