Landmark · Skeletal system
Obturator groove
Sulcus obturatorius
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Pelvis, Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Hip bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The thin and uneven margin of the obturator formaen -to which a strong membrane is attached- presents, superiorly, a deep groove, the obturator groove, which runs from the pelvis obliquely medialward and downward.
This groove is converted into the obturator canal by a ligamentous band, a specialized part of the obturator membrane, attached to two tubercles:
- one, the posterior obturator tubercle, on the medial border of the ischium, just in front of the acetabular notch
- the other, the anterior obturator tubercle, on the obturator crest of the superior ramus of the pubis.
Source: Z-Anatomy · Text licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · This text comes from the source data and has not been reviewed by a person yet.
Names
- Latin
- Sulcus obturatorius
- English
- Obturator groove
- French
- Sillon obturateur
- Spanish
- Surco obturador
- Portuguese
- Sulco do obturador