Anatom3DObturator membrane
Membrana obturatoria · Ucpávací membrána
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A tough sheet of fibres almost closing the large hole in each hip bone (obturator foramen), leaving a small channel at the top.
What it does
Gives attachment to the inner and outer obturator muscles; its gap lets the obturator nerve and vessels through.
Keeping it well
A hernia can squeeze through the gap (obturator hernia), mostly in thin older women, with pain down the inner thigh.
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