Landmark · Skeletal system
Superior pubic ramus
Ramus superior ossis pubis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Pelvis, Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Hip bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior pubic ramus is the upper of the two rami.
It forms the upper edge of the obturator foramen.
It extends from the body to the median plane where it joins with the ramus of the opposite side.
It consists of an inner flattened part and a narrow outer prismoid portion.
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Names
- Latin
- Ramus superior ossis pubis
- English
- Superior pubic ramus
- French
- Branche supérieure du pubis
- Spanish
- Ramo superior del hueso pubis
- Portuguese
- Ramo púbico superior