Hip, Pelvis, & Proximal Femur Info

Question 1

What does pelvis mean?

Answer 1

Basin

Question 2

Whats another word for basin?

Answer 2

Pelvis

Question 3

How many bones does the pelvis consist of?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

What bones make up the pelvis?

Answer 4

• 2 hip bones (Os coxae or innominante)
• 1 sacrum
• 1 coccyx

Question 5

What do the hip bones, sacrum, and coccyx make up?

Answer 5

Pelvis

Question 6

What serves as the base of the trunk and forms the connection between the vertebral column and lower limbs?

Answer 6

Pelvis

Question 7

The pelvis serves as the _______ of the ____ and forms the _____ between the _______ and ________

Answer 7

• Base
• Trunk
• Connection
• Vertebral column
• Lower limbs

Question 8

How many bones does the pelvic girdle consist of?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

What bones does the pelvic girdle consist of?

Answer 9

2 hip bones

Question 10

What do the 2 hip bones make up?

Answer 10

Pelvic girdle

Question 11

What are the sacrum and coccyx considered part of?

Answer 11

Vertebral column

Question 12

What shape is the female pelvis?

Answer 12

Wide, shallow

Question 13

What is the bony structure of the female pelvis?

Answer 13

Light

Question 14

What is the shape of the superior aperture (inlet) of the female pelvis?

Answer 14

Oval

Question 15

What is the shape of the inferior aperture (outlet) of the female pelvis?

Answer 15

Wide

Question 16

What is the shape of the male pelvis?

Answer 16

Narrow, deep

Question 17

What is the bony structure of the male pelvis?

Answer 17

Heavy

Question 18

What is the shape of the superior aperture (inlet) of the male pelvis?

Answer 18

Round

Question 19

What is the shape of the inferior aperture (outlet) of the male pelvis?

Answer 19

Narrow

Question 20

Is the superior aperture the inlet or outlet?

Answer 20

Inlet

Question 21

Is the inferior aperture the inlet or outlet?

Answer 21

Outlet

Question 22

What is the pelvic brim?

Answer 22

Extends from the upper anterior margin of the sacrum to the upper margin of the pubic symphysis

Question 23

What extends from the upper anterior margin of the sacrum to the upper margin of the pubic symphysis?

Answer 23

Pelvic Brim

Question 24

Where does the false or greater pelvis lie?

Answer 24

Above the pelvic brim

Question 25

Where does the true or lesser pelvis lie?

Answer 25

Below the pelvic brim

Question 26

The pelvic brim extends from the _______ of the sacrum to the ________ of the _____

Answer 26

- Upper anterior margin - Upper margin - Pubic symphysis

Question 27

What is another name for the false pelvis?

Answer 27

Greater Pelvis

Question 28

What is another name for the greater pelvis?

Answer 28

False pelvis

Question 29

What is another name for the true pelvis?

Answer 29

Lesser Pelvis

Question 30

What is another name for the lesser pelvis?

Answer 30

True

Question 31

What does the true/lesser pelvis consist of?

Answer 31

- Superior aperture (inlet) - Pelvic cavity - Inferior aperture (outlet)

Question 32

What do the superior aperture (inlet), pelvic cavity, and inferior aperture (outlet) make up?

Answer 32

True/lesser pelvis

Question 33

What does the acetabulum consist of?

Answer 33

- 2/5 Ilium - 2/5 Ischium - 1/5 Pubis

Question 34

What is the hip bone composed of?

Answer 34

- Ilium - Ischium - Pubis

Question 35

What does the ilium, ischium, and pubis make up?

Answer 35

Hip bone

Question 36

What does the 2/5 ilium, 2/5 ischium, and 1/5 pubis make up?

Answer 36

Acetabulum

Question 37

What does the ilium consist of?

Answer 37

A body & ala

Question 38

How much of the ilium body forms the acetabulum?

Answer 38

2/5

Question 39

What does the ala form on the ilium?

Answer 39

The prominence of the hip

Question 40

What are the important structures of the Ilium?

Answer 40

- 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

Question 41

What is the iliac crest?

Answer 41

Most superior aspect of pelvis

Question 42

What is the most superior aspect of the pelvis called?

Answer 42

Iliac crest

Question 43

What consists of a body and an ala?

Answer 43

Ilium

Question 44

What forms the prominence of the hip?

Answer 44

Ala

Question 45

What part of the ilium forms 2/5 of the acetabulum?

Answer 45

The body

Question 46

What does the ischium consist of?

Answer 46

A body and ischial ramus

Question 47

What consists of a body and ischial ramus?

Answer 47

Ischium

Question 48

Where is the ischium located?

Answer 48

Inferior & posterior to the acetabulum

Question 49

What are some important structures of the ischium?

Answer 49

- Ischial tuberosity - Obturator foramen - Ischial spine - Lesser sciatic notch

Question 50

What is the ischial tuberosity?

Answer 50

Most inferior structure on the pelvis

Question 51

What is the most inferior structure on the pelvis called?

Answer 51

Ischial tuberosity

Question 52

What is the obturator foramen?

Answer 52

Largest foramen in the body

Question 53

What is the obturator foramen formed by?

Answer 53

Ischium & pubis

Question 54

What is the largest foramen in the body?

Answer 54

Obturator foramen

Question 55

What does the ischium and the pubis form?

Answer 55

Obturator foramen

Question 56

What is located inferior and posterior to the acetabulum?

Answer 56

Ischium

Question 57

Where is the pubis located?

Answer 57

Inferior and anterior to the acetabulum

Question 58

What is located inferior and anterior to the acetabulum?

Answer 58

Pubis