Clinical Anatomy of Anaesthesia for Labour Flashcards
What are the reproductive system’s motor functions?
Uterine cramping e.g. menstruation
Uterine contraction e.g. during labour
Pelvic floor muscle contraction e.g. during sneezing
What is the reproductive system’s pain (sensory) function?
Pain from adnexal (ovaries + Fallopian tubes)
Pain from uterus
Pain from vagina
Pain from perineum
Above the levator ani muscles is referred to as?
Pelvis
Below the levator ani muscle is referred to as?
Perineum
What supplies structures of the pelvis?
Body cavity
Sympathetic, parasympathetic and visceral afferent
What supplies structures of the perineum?
Body wall
Somatic motor and somatic sensory
What structures are below and above levator ani muscle in the reproductive system?
What nerve fibres supply uterine cramping e.g. menstruation?
Hormonal (symp/parasymp)
What nerve fibres supply uterine contraction e.g. during labour?
Hormonal (symp / parasympathetic)
What nerve fibres supply pelvic floor muscle contraction e.g. during sneezing?
Somatic motor
What nerve fibres supply pain from adnexae?
Visceral afferents
What nerve fibres supply pain from uterus?
Visceral afferents
What nerve fibres supply pain from vagina?
Visceral afferents (pelvic part)
Somatic sensory (perineum)
What nerve fibres supply pain from perineum?
Somatic sensory
Superior aspect of pelvic organs / touching the peritoneum are supplied by what nerve fibres?
Visceral afferents
Run alongside sympathetic fibres
Visceral afferents from the Superior aspect of pelvic organs / touching the peritoneum enter spinal cord between?
T11-L2
Pain is perceived as what from Superior aspect of pelvic organs / touching the peritoneum ?
Suprapubic
Inferior aspect of pelvic organs / not touching peritoneum are supplied by what nerve fibres?
Visceral afferents
Rung alongside parasympathetic fibres
Inferior aspect of pelvic organs / not touching peritoneum enter spinal cord at what levels?
S2, S3 and S4
Pain is perceived as what from Inferior aspect of pelvic organs / not touching peritoneum?
In S2, S3 and S4 dermatomes (perineum)
Structures crossing from pelvis to perineum above the levator ani (in pelvis) are supplied by what?
Visceral Afferents
Parasympathetic
The nerve fibres from Structures crossing from pelvis to perineum above the levator ani (in pelvis) enter spinal cord where?
Levels S2, S3 and S4