Anatom3DInterpubic disc
Discus interpubicus · Mezistydká ploténka
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
The pad of fibrocartilage between the two pubic bones, often with a small slit-like cavity in its centre.
What it does
Cushions and binds the pubic bones, letting the pelvis give slightly under load.
Keeping it well
Softened by pregnancy hormones; strain or degeneration can cause pain over the front of the pelvis.
Related conditions
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Obstructed labour and obstetric fistula
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder