Endo/Repro Anatomy Flashcards
Ilium
Upper 2/5th of acetabulum - articulates posteriorly with sacrum
Ischium
Posterior-Inferior 2/5 of acetabulum - superior and inferior rams form the obturator foramen
Pubis
Superior rams forms anterior 1/5th of acetabulum
Describe the pubic symphysis joint
Fibrocartilaginous disc linking the pubis bones, only site of movement especially during pregnancy
Describe the sacroiliac joints
Synovial joints, reinforced by anterior, posterior, and interosseous SI ligaments, additional reinforcement by sacrotuberous lig
Movement primarily gliding but can be rotary, interosseous and sacrotuberous resist rotary movement
Path of sacrotuberous ligament
From sacrum to the pubic tuberosity
Which ligaments resist rotary movement of the pelvis?
Interosseous and sacrotuberous
Describe the terminal line and what lies above/below
Runs along the iliopubic eminence (pubic and iliac bones) completed posteriorly by rounded angle btw base and pelvic surface of the sacrum
False (major) lies above the line
True (minor) lies below the line
Pelvic inlet runs in the plane of the line
Pelvic outlet is the irregular lower border
Describe the pelvis in the normal erect position
Tips 50-60 degrees from the horizontal
Base of sacrum is 4 in higher than the symphysis
ASIS and symphysis pubis lie in about the same line
Compare the female pelvis to the male pelvis
Shallower major pelvis with everted anterior crests
Shallower wider minor pelvis with greater diameter
Everted sciatic tubers
Broader sacrum with less curve
Superior aperture more oval
Subpubic angle greater (angle formed by pubic symphysis
Android
Most common male - heart shaped pelvic inlet (30% females)
Anthropoid
2nd most common male - exaggerated anterior/posterior inlet (20% female)
Gynecoid
Most common female - slightly oval inlet (47% female)
Platypelloid
Least common both sexes - transverse inlet diameter (3% female)
The usual site of pelvic constriction is where?
Superior
True conjugate
Sacrovertebral angle to superior margin of symphysis
Diagonal conjugate
Sacroverterbral angle to inferior margin of symphysis