Female pelvis

Question 1

What are the two parts of the female pelvis?

Answer 1

True pelvis and false pelvis

Question 2

The false pelvis is ______ to the true pelvis.

Answer 2

superior

Question 3

What are the 3 spaces of the female pelvis?

Answer 3

anterior cul-de-sac, posterior cul-de-sac, space of retzius

Question 4

What lies in the true pelvis between the bladder and the rectum?

Answer 4

Uterus

Question 5

The uterine wall is composed of what 3 layers?

Answer 5

endometrium (innermost), myometrium (middle layer-muscular), serosa (outermost— also called perimetrium)

Question 6

The uterus is divided into how many sections?

Answer 6

4

Question 7

What are the 4 sections of the uterus?

Answer 7

fundus, body, isthmus, cervix

Question 8

The pouch that surrounds the cervix is the:

Answer 8

Fornix

Question 9

Lower uterine segment (LUS) is the same as the:

Answer 9

Isthmus

Question 10

What are the 4 main positions of the uterus?

Answer 10

anteverted, anteflexed, retroverted, retroflexed

Question 11

The positions of the uterus depend on:

Answer 11

What level of the uterus bends — vert= bent at cervix — flex = bent at the body

Question 12

What is the most common position of the uterus?

Answer 12

Anteverted

With an empty bladder, the corpus and fundus are tilted anteriorly: (horizontal when patient is erect)

Question 13

What position of the uterus is when the corpus and fundus are bent at a greater anterior angle?

Answer 13

Anteflexed

Question 14

What position of the uterus is when the corpus and fundus are tipped posteriorly?

Answer 14

Retroverted

Question 15

What position of the uterus is when the uterus is bent at a greater posterior angle?

Answer 15

Retroflexed

Question 16

Which artery/vein feeds the pelvis?

Answer 16

Internal iliac artery/vein

Question 17

IIA is also called:

Answer 17

Hypogastric artery

Question 18

Which artery branches off the internal iliac artery that supplies blood to reproductive organs?

Answer 18

Uterine artery

Question 19

Which artery branches off the abdominal aorta at the level inferior to the renal artery branches and feeds the right and left ovaries?

Answer 19

Right and left ovarian arteries (gonadal)

Question 20

Which muscles overlie the sacrum and coccyx?

Answer 20

Piriformis and coccygeus muscles

Question 21

True or False? The pelvic cavity is part of the abdominal cavity.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Which pouch is the lowest part of the peritoneal cavity?

Answer 22

Posterior cul-de-sac (pouch of Douglas)

Question 23

Which muscles of the female pelvis form the pelvic sidewall?

Answer 23

Psoas major and iliacus

Question 24

Which muscle of the female pelvis forms the posterolateral wall?

Answer 24

Piriformis

Question 25

Which muscle of the female pelvis forms the anterolateral pelvic sidewall?

Answer 25

Obturator internus

Question 26

Which muscles of the female pelvis form the pelvic diaphragm?

Answer 26

levator ani and coccygeus

Question 27

The muscles of the female pelvis appear as ______echoic striations on ultrasound.

Answer 27

Hyper

Question 28

Muscles of the true pelvis include:

Answer 28

obturator internus (lateral wall), piriformis (posterior wall), coccygeus (posterior floor), levator ani (middle and anterior floor)

Question 29

What are the lab values for female pelvis?

Answer 29

estrogen/progesterone, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), leukocytosis

Question 30

Which hormone is produced by the ovaries?

Answer 30

estrogen and progesterone

Question 31

Which hormone is produced by placenta cells or tumors?

Answer 31

hCG

Question 32

Linea terminalis divides..

Answer 32

True pelvis and false pelvis