Bones and Joints of the Pelvis Flashcards
What are the bones that make up the pelvis?
Pair of hip bones together with coccyx
Sacrum in midline posteriorly
What are the joints in the pelvis?
Sacroiliac joints lateral
Synovial joints
Pubic symphysis = secondary cartilaginous joint
What are the three bones making up the hip bone?
Ischium
Ilium
Pubis
What structures in the hip bone do all three fused bones form?
Acetabulum
Obturator foramen
What makes up the ilium superiorly?
Iliac crest
What is the extent of the ilia crest?
Between anterior superior iliac spine anteriorly and posterior superior iliac spine posteriorly
Which surface of the ilium faces posteriorly?
Gluteal
What attaches to the gluteal surface of the ilium?
Gluteal muscles
What is on the anterior aspect of the ilium?
Iliac fossa
What muscle does the iliac fossa give rise to?
Iliacus
Which surface of the ilium is the articular surface for the sacroiliac joint?
Sacral
Which bone of the hip is located anteriorly?
Pubis
What are the components of the pubis?
Body of pubis
Superior and inferior pubic rami
Pubic crest
Pubic tubercle
What forms the pubic symphysis?
Body of pubis on 1 side meeting and articulating with body of pubis on other side in midline
Where is the pubic crest?
Superior aspect of pubis
What does the pubic tubercle do?
Laterally delineates pubic crest
What extends from the pubic tubercle, and where does it go?
Pectineal line
Goes onto superior pubic ramus
What part of the ischium is the attachment for the hamstrings?
Ischial tuberosity
What does the ischial ramus attach to?
Comes forward and continues with inferior pubic ramus
What does the ischial spine demarcate?
Notch above = greater sciatic notch
Notch below = lesser sciatic notch
What is the acetabulum?
Socket of hip joint
What separates the three bones at the acetabulum during development?
Triradiate cartilage
What are the boundaries of the obturator foramen?
Superior and inferior pubic rami
Ischial ramus continuing posteriorly
What makes up the sacrum?
5 fused vertebrae
What forms the lateral masses of the sacrum?
Fused transverse processes
On each side of fused vertebral bodies
What and where is the sacral promontory?
On superior surface have prominent anterior margin
What and where are the alas?
Wing off superior aspect of lateral masses
What does the ala do?
Articulates
- Superiorly with lumbar vertebrae at lumbosacral joint
- Inferiorly with coccyx at sacrococcygeal joint
- Laterally with ilium at sacroiliac joint
What makes up the false or greater pelvis?
Iliac crest
Iliac fossa