Lateral sacrococcygeal ligament

In the human body, the lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments is a pair of ligaments stretching from the lower lateral angles of the sacrum to the transverse processes of the first coccygeal vertebra.

Together with the anterior, posterior, and , they stabilize the sacrococcygeal symphysis, i.e. the joint between the sacrum and the coccyx.^[1]

They complete the foramina for the last sacral nerve^[1]

There are up to three lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments on either side of the sacral hiatus.^[2]

See also[]

• Anococcygeal raphé
• Coccydynia (coccyx pain, tailbone pain)
• Ganglion impar

Notes[]

References[]

• Morris, Craig E. (2005). Low Back Syndromes: Integrated Clinical Management. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-137472-8.
• Huijbregts, Peter A. (2001). "In: Current Concepts of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy". Lumbopelvic region: Anatomy and biomechanics (PDF). APTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
• Masquelet, Alain C.; Christopher J. McCullough; Ian S. Fyfe; Raoul Tubiana (1993). An Atlas of Surgical Exposures of the Lower Extremity. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-85317-003-8. (An illustration of the posterior and lateral ligaments.)

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