Sacrum Flashcards
Posterior sacroiliac ligament
Inferior fibers that start at S3 and S4 and ascend to the posterior part of the
internal lip of the iliac crest and the PSIS
Sacrospinous ligament
Runs from the ischial spine to the lateral aspect of the sacrum
Interosseous sacroiliac joint
The ligaments are found in between the sacrum and the ilium that fills the
irregular space on the posterosuperior aspect of the SI joint
Long Dorsal ligament
Starts at PSIS and descends to the lateral aspects of S3 and S4
superior transverse axis
the respiratory axis at the posterior aspect of S2
middle transverse axis
the postural axis through the anterior aspect of S2.
inferior transverse axis
pelvic/ilial axis through the inferior auricular surface of S3
-represents movement of ilia on the sacrum