Hip, Pelvis, & Proximal Femur Info Flashcards
What does pelvis mean?
Basin
Whats another word for basin?
Pelvis
How many bones does the pelvis consist of?
4
What bones make up the pelvis?
- 2 hip bones (Os coxae or innominante)
- 1 sacrum
- 1 coccyx
What do the hip bones, sacrum, and coccyx make up?
Pelvis
What serves as the base of the trunk and forms the connection between the vertebral column and lower limbs?
Pelvis
The pelvis serves as the _______ of the ____ and forms the _____ between the _______ and ________
- Base
- Trunk
- Connection
- Vertebral column
- Lower limbs
How many bones does the pelvic girdle consist of?
2
What bones does the pelvic girdle consist of?
2 hip bones
What do the 2 hip bones make up?
Pelvic girdle
What are the sacrum and coccyx considered part of?
Vertebral column
What shape is the female pelvis?
Wide, shallow
What is the bony structure of the female pelvis?
Light
What is the shape of the superior aperture (inlet) of the female pelvis?
Oval
What is the shape of the inferior aperture (outlet) of the female pelvis?
Wide
What is the shape of the male pelvis?
Narrow, deep
What is the bony structure of the male pelvis?
Heavy
What is the shape of the superior aperture (inlet) of the male pelvis?
Round
What is the shape of the inferior aperture (outlet) of the male pelvis?
Narrow
Is the superior aperture the inlet or outlet?
Inlet
Is the inferior aperture the inlet or outlet?
Outlet
What is the pelvic brim?
Extends from the upper anterior margin of the sacrum to the upper margin of the pubic symphysis
What extends from the upper anterior margin of the sacrum to the upper margin of the pubic symphysis?
Pelvic Brim
Where does the false or greater pelvis lie?
Above the pelvic brim
Where does the true or lesser pelvis lie?
Below the pelvic brim
The pelvic brim extends from the _______ of the sacrum to the ________ of the _____
- Upper anterior margin
- Upper margin
- Pubic symphysis
What is another name for the false pelvis?
Greater Pelvis
What is another name for the greater pelvis?
False pelvis
What is another name for the true pelvis?
Lesser Pelvis
What is another name for the lesser pelvis?
True
What does the true/lesser pelvis consist of?
- Superior aperture (inlet)
- Pelvic cavity
- Inferior aperture (outlet)
What do the superior aperture (inlet), pelvic cavity, and inferior aperture (outlet) make up?
True/lesser pelvis
What does the acetabulum consist of?
- 2/5 Ilium
- 2/5 Ischium
- 1/5 Pubis
What is the hip bone composed of?
- Ilium
- Ischium
- Pubis
What does the ilium, ischium, and pubis make up?
Hip bone
What does the 2/5 ilium, 2/5 ischium, and 1/5 pubis make up?
Acetabulum
What does the ilium consist of?
A body & ala
How much of the ilium body forms the acetabulum?
2/5
What does the ala form on the ilium?
The prominence of the hip
What are the important structures of the Ilium?
- Anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS)
- Anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS)
- Posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS)
- Posterior inferior iliac crest (PIIS)
- Iliac crest
- Greater sciatic notch
What is the iliac crest?
Most superior aspect of pelvis
What is the most superior aspect of the pelvis called?
Iliac crest
What consists of a body and an ala?
Ilium
What forms the prominence of the hip?
Ala
What part of the ilium forms 2/5 of the acetabulum?
The body
What does the ischium consist of?
A body and ischial ramus
What consists of a body and ischial ramus?
Ischium
Where is the ischium located?
Inferior & posterior to the acetabulum
What are some important structures of the ischium?
- Ischial tuberosity
- Obturator foramen
- Ischial spine
- Lesser sciatic notch
What is the ischial tuberosity?
Most inferior structure on the pelvis
What is the most inferior structure on the pelvis called?
Ischial tuberosity
What is the obturator foramen?
Largest foramen in the body
What is the obturator foramen formed by?
Ischium & pubis
What is the largest foramen in the body?
Obturator foramen
What does the ischium and the pubis form?
Obturator foramen
What is located inferior and posterior to the acetabulum?
Ischium
Where is the pubis located?
Inferior and anterior to the acetabulum
What is located inferior and anterior to the acetabulum?
Pubis