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pubic symphysis

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pubic symphysis
n.
The joint located between the pubes in the lower abdominal region and composed of a fibrous cartilaginous material.


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It is a diamond shaped space bounded by the angles formed by the inferior pubic ligament at the pubic symphysis, the tip of the coccyx and the ischial tuberosities.
Lindermann reached a differential diagnosis of pubic symphysis pain, bladder pain, labor, or placental abruption.
Osteitis pubis is an inflammation of the pubic symphysis (the joint at the front of the pelvis) and the surrounding muscle insertions.
 
 
 
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