Sacrum Region Flashcards
From the anterior view, the intervertebral discs of sacrum will be replaced by what feature?
Transverse ridges
What part of the sacral all continues along the ventral surface is sacrum to about S4?
The costal element
What forms the median sacral crest?
Fused spinous processes and their spinous tubercles
What in knife clasp syndrome?
The congenital condition in which the L5 spinous process is elongated, the sacrum exhibits spina bifida, and dorsiflexion produces pain
An imaginary line drawn from the superior articular process of S to the sacral Cornu will form what feature?
Intermediate sacral crest
What features may be IDed along the intermediate sacral crest?
The mammillary process of S1 and the sacral Cornu of S5
What does the sacral Cornu represent?
The inferior articular process and facet of S5
What is the name of the inferior opening of the sacral spinal canal?
The sacral hiatus
What features may be IDed along the lateral sacral crest?
S1 transverse tubercle, sacral tuberosity of S2, transverse tubercles of S3-S5
What is the sacral tuberosity?
The enlarged transverse tubercle of S2
What is the name of the joint formed by the sacral tuberosity?
The accessory sarco-iliac joint
What muscle is said to attach to the dorsal surface of sacrum?
Iliacus
What feature is IDed on the lateral surface of S1-S3?
Auricular surface
What classification of joint is formed by the auricular surface of sacrum?
Synovial plane (diarthrosis arthrodia)
What feature does the anterior surface of the superior epiphyseal rim so S1 form?
The sacral promontory
The continuation of the anterior longitudinal ligament below S3 forms what ligament?
The anterior sacrococcygeal ligament
The continuation of the posterior longitudinal ligament below S3 forms what ligament?
The deep posterior sacrococcygeal ligament