Anatomy Flashcards
Sacrospinous ligament: OI
Ischial spine to sacrum
Sacrotuberous ligament
Ischial tuberosity to sacrum
Vulva (includes..)
Region below moms pubis including labia majora, labia minora, and clitoris
Prepuce
Clitoral hood made up of skin folds
Frenulum
Anterior conjoining of labia minora, inferior to clitoris
Vestibule
Inside bilateral labia minora to hymenal sulci; demarcated by Harts line.
Hart’s line
Imaginary line between labia minora and vestibule
Skene’s glands
Periurethral
Bartholins glands
Inside vestibule
–mucous production, lubrication for intimacy
Bulbocavernosus/bulbospongiosus
Function and innervation.
Function: initiates erection of clitoris and functions and vagina sphincter in females, assists in erection in males
Innervation: S2-4 (pudendal)
Ischiocavernosus
Function and innervation
Compresses the penis which obstructs venous return and maintains erection
Innervation: pudendal S2-4
Superficial transverse perineal
Function and innervation
Stabilizes the perineum
Pudendal nerve S2-4
Levator ani (muscles)
Pubococcygeus
Puborectalis
Iliococcygeus
Coccygeus (some include…)
Levator ani muscle fibers
70% slow twitch
30% fast twitch
2 divisions on pubococcygeus
Puboperinealis
Pubovaginalis