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**Transerse '''acetabular branch''' - the cranial edge of which is the '''pectin of pubis''' and forms the '''iliopubic emminence''', to which some of the abdominal muscles attach.
 
**Transerse '''acetabular branch''' - the cranial edge of which is the '''pectin of pubis''' and forms the '''iliopubic emminence''', to which some of the abdominal muscles attach.
 
**Sagittal '''symphysial branch'''
 
**Sagittal '''symphysial branch'''
*The two pubis fuse at the cranial section of the '''pubic symphysis'''. Lying of the ventral surface of the symphysis is the '''ventral pubic tubercle'''.
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*The two pubis fuse at the cranial section of the '''pubic symphysis'''. Lying off the ventral surface of the symphysis is the '''ventral pubic tubercle'''.
*The pubis form more than half the '''obturator foramen'''. This is an opening in the pelvic floor that allows the obturator nerve to pass through it; the foramen is closed by musculature and soft tissue.
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*The pubis forms more than half the '''obturator foramen'''. This is an opening in the pelvic floor that allows the obturator nerve to pass through it; the foramen is closed by musculature and soft tissue.
 
'''''[[Ossification Hindlimb - Anatomy & Physiology#Pubis|Ossification Centers of the Pubis]]
 
'''''[[Ossification Hindlimb - Anatomy & Physiology#Pubis|Ossification Centers of the Pubis]]
  
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