Anatomy Flashcards
What structures support the uterus & other pelvic viscera?
- Levator Ani
- Transverse cervical Lig
- Sacrocervical Lig
- Pubocervical Lig
What structures pierce the pelvic diaphragm?
Urethra
Rectum
Vagina
What’s the nerve roots of the sacral plexus?
L4-S4
Nerve roots of sciatic and pudendal nerves?
Sciatic L4-S3
Pudendal S2-4
What supplies the ext urethral sphincter?
The pudendal nerve S2-4
What do we call the opening of the cervix?
External Os (vaginal side)
Internal Os (Uterine Side)
What supplies blood to the uterus?
Uterine Artery
Ovarian Art also supplies some of the upper uterus
Where does lymph from the uterus go?
Superficial Inguinal (Lower Half)
Internal Iliac Nodes (Upper half)
What seperates the spaces of the perineum?
Deep Perineal Space is between the Urogenital Diaphram (sup urogenital fascia) & Perineal Membrane (Inf Urogenital fascia)
Superficial Perineal Space is between Perineal Membrane and skin of urogenital triangle
What’s in the Deep Perineal Space?
Ext Urethral Sphincter
Deep Transverse Perineal Muscles
Membranous urethra (& part of urethra in women)
Bulbourethral glands
Vagina
What’s contained in the Ischioanal fossa?
Fat
Pudendal canal (nerve & vessels)
Ext Anal Sphincter & Int Anal sphincter
What nerve supplies the ext urethral and anal sphincters?
Pudendal (S2-4)