Conference 22: Pelvic walls, female and male genetailia

Question 1

What are the three planes of the pelvis?

Answer 1

1. pelvic inlet
2. midpelvis
3. pelvic outlet

Question 2

What does the pelvic inlet run to and from?

Answer 2

top of pubic symphysis –> sacral promontory

Question 3

What does the midpelvis run to and from?

Answer 3

lower pubic symphysis –> through ischial spine –> lower sacrum

Question 4

What does the pelvic outlet run to and from?

Answer 4

lower pubic symphysis –> to ischial tuberosity –> coccyx

Question 5

What is the smallest diameter in the pelvic inlet? anteroposterior or transverse

Answer 5

anterioposterior

Question 6

What is the smallest diameter in the mid pelvis? anteroposterior or transverse

Answer 6

transverse (INTERSPINOUS)

this is also the smallest diameter in the whole pelvis

Question 7

What is the smallest diameter in the pelvic outlet? anteroposterior or transverse

Answer 7

transverse (INTERTUBEROUS)

Question 8

What is the slope of the pelvic diaphragm

Answer 8

it slopes downward (inferiorly) from posterior to anterior and laterally to medially

Question 9

If there was contrast in the uterus, the contrast would go through the fallopian tubes and out into the ____ & ____

Answer 9

rectouterine pouch & perirectal gutters

Question 10

What structures are anterior to the VAGINA?

Answer 10

1. cervix
2. bladder
3. urethra

Question 11

What structures are posterior to the VAGINA?

Answer 11

1. rectouterine pouch
2. rectum
3. anal canal

Question 12

What structures are anterior to the UTERUS?

Answer 12

1. vesicouterine pouch

2. bladder

Question 13

What structures are posterior to the UTERUS?

Answer 13

1. rectouterine pouch
2. Vagina
3. rectum

Question 14

What part of the broad ligament goes through the deep ring?

Answer 14

round ligament of the uterus

Question 15

what part of the broad ligament does the ureter cross under the uterine vessels?

Answer 15

cardinal ligament

Question 16

What part of the broad ligament connects the cervix to the lateral part of the sacrum?

Answer 16

Uterosacral ligament

Question 17

What bone is anterior to the prostate?

Answer 17

pubis (pubic symphysis)

Question 18

What structures are superior to the prostate?

Answer 18

bladder, ductus deferens, and seminal vesicles

Question 19

What structures are posterior to the prostate?

Answer 19

rectum

Question 20

What structure are inferior to the prostate?

Answer 20

sphincter urethrae and perineal membrane

Question 21

Where is the levator ani in relation to the prostate?

Answer 21

inferior laterally

Question 22

What are the 2 important clinical subdivisions of the prostate?

Answer 22

1. central - more fibrous

2. peripheral- more glandular

Question 23

Which subdivision of the prostate is involved in BPH?

Answer 23

central

Question 24

Which subdivision of the prostate is involved in prostate cancer?

Answer 24

peripheral

Question 25

sympathetic, preganglionic fibers that innervate the hindgut and the pelvic viscera

Answer 25

lumbar splanchnic

Question 26

What do many lumbar splanchnic nerves pass through but not synapse in??

Answer 26

superior hypogastric plexus

Question 27

What is the parasympathetic innervation to the pelvic viscera?

Answer 27

pelvic splanchnic nerves

Question 28

what type of fibers are pelvic splanchnic nerves?

Answer 28

parasympathethic, preganglionic

Question 29

where do pelvic splanchnic nerves synapse?

Answer 29

on/near their target organ

Question 30

where do pelvic splanchnic nerves originate?

Answer 30

S2, S3, S4 ventral rami

Question 31

gray communicating do what

Answer 31

bring back POSTGANGLIONIC, sympathetic fibers back to their spinal nerve segments