Lec7/8/9Pelvis&Perineum Flashcards
The pelvic cavity is divided into what to pelvis’s?
False (greater) pelvis-superior portion
True (lesser) pelvis= inferior portion
What is the bony support for the pelvic cavity of the pelvis?
- ilium, ischium, pubis
- sacrum
—-Promontory=connects sacrum to lumbar spine
—–Ant + Post sacral foramen=house sacral nerves - coccyx
What are the pelvic ligaments within the pelvic cavity?
(names tell you where they go)
- Anterior SI ligament:
sacrum to ilum - Lumbosacral ligament: lumar spine to sacrum
- Iliolumbar ligament: ilium to lumbar spine
What does the pelvic inlet separate?
The false pelvis from the true pelvis
What is the pelvic inlet comprised of?
“People Always Love Pumpkin Season” or PALPS
Promontory (connects sacrum to lumbar spine)
Ala
Linea terminalis (arcuate line)
Pecten pubis (pectineal line)
Symphysis Pubis
What are three key characteristics of the male pelvis?
-heart shaped pelvis inlet
-decreased angle of pubis: 50-60 (smaller)
-more prominent promontory + ischial spine
What are three key characteristics of the female pelvis?
-circular pelivc inlet
-increased angle of pubis: 80-85 (bigger)
-less prominent promontory+ ischial spine
While performing a pelvic exenteration, the surgical oncologist notices a fracture in the boundary of the pelvic inlet. Which of the following structures is most likely damaged?
A. sacrotuberous ligament
B. sacropspinous ligament
C. greater sciatic foramen
D. promontory
D
What bones make up the pelvic wall?
ischium, pubis, sacrum, coccyx
What are the ligaments contained in the pelvic wall?
Sacrospinous: sacrum to ischial spine
Sacrotuberous: sacrum to ischial tuberosity
If you had a patient that damaged a nerve that exited superiorly to the piriformis muscle which nerve would be affected?
sup. gluteal nerve
What the muscles contained in the pelvic wall?
piriformis-goes through GSF
Obturator internus- goes through LSF
What are the apertures of the pelvic wall?
- GSF
-above piriformis: sup, gluteal art. and nerve
-below piriformis: inf. gluteal art and nerve - LSF: pudendal + internal pudendal vessels
- Obturar canal: obturator artery + nerve
What does the pelvis floor support?
Pelvic viscera (ex. uterus)
What three structures make up the pelvic floor?
Pelvic diaphragm: muscle
Deep perineal pouch: muscle
Perineal membrane: fascia (CT)
What does the pelvic diaphragm include?
Coccygenous m
Levator Ani
-iliococcygeus m: ilium to coccys
-pubococcygeus m: pubis to coccyx
-puborectalis m: pubis to rectum
What does the deep perineal pouch include?
External urethral sphincter
Sphincter urethrovaginalis (female)
Compressor urethrae (female)
Deep transverse perineal muscle
1st three listed wraps around urethra
What does the perineal membrane include?
opening for urethra
attaches to external genitalia (ex: root of the penis)
Exam question last year: If you had a patient and she tore her pelvic diaphragm during childbirth and had paralysis of one of her pelvic diaphragm muscles, which of the following muscles would be affected?
A. Sphincter urethrovaginalis
B. Levator Ani
C. Piriformis
D. Obturator internus
B
The main blood supply to the pelvic region comes from the
internal iliac artery
What arteries come off the anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery?
Internal pudendal a
Umbilical a
Middle rectal a
Obturator a
Vaginal a
Uterine a (crosses OVER (superior to) the ureters
Inferior gluteal a
What arteries come off the posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery?
PILS
Iliolumbar a
Lateral sacral a
Superior gluteal a
What are the minor arteries that branch off the abdominal aorta?( not impt for exam but you can still know)
Gonadal a: ovarian or testicular
Superior rectal a
Median sacra a
As the uterine arteries pass from the internal iliac arteries to the uterus it crosses superiorly to which of the following structures that sometimes is mistakingly ligated during surgery?
ureters
What is the innervation for the pelvis?
(S 2/3/4 keeps shit off the floor)
sacral plexus —-pudendal nerve
What does the pudendal nerve supply and what structure does it travel through?
Supplies external genitalia, external urethral sphincter (deep perineal pouch), external anal sphincter
Travels though LSF
The sympathetic innervation of the pelvis comes from where
PARAvertebral sympathetic chain (sympathetic trunk)—-sacral splanchnic nerves with preganglionic fibers
What is the sympathetic innervation response for the pelvis
“Point and Shoot”
“fight or flight” response– contraction and ejaculation
“Shoot penis, ejaculation, sympathetic”
The parasympathtic innervation to the pelvis comes from where?
PREvertebral plexus (aka sacral plexus)—-pelvic splanchnic nerves with preganglionic fibers
What is the parasympathetic innervation response for the pelvis
“Point and Shoot”
“rest and digest” response—dilation and erection
“Point penis, erection, Parasympathetic”
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic innervation contributes to which plexuses?
superior and inferior hypogastric plexus
The rectum is the most anterior or posterior pelvic organ
posterior
What pulls the anorectal junction forward to prevent flow of stool
puborectalis of levator ani
The rectum contains 3 lateral curvatures, what are they?
upper curves to right
middle curves to left
lower curves to right
What is the blood supply for the rectum?
anterior trunk of internal iliac artery
superior rectal artery
middle rectal artery
inferior rectal artery
What is the innervation of the rectum?
sacral plexus
The bladder receives urine from ____ via the _____
kidneys, ureters
How is the bladder organized?
APEX= directed towards the top of the pubic symphysis
BASE: trigone (ureters + urethral sphincter are @ the corners of trigone)
NECK: most fixed part (anchored by pubovesical (F)/puboprostatic (M) ligaments
What muscle is contained within the bladder and what is its fxn?
detrusor muscle and its a smooth muscle that contracts to push urine into the urethra
What is the blood supply to the bladder?
anterior trunk of internal iliac artery
umbilical artery–superior vesical artery
inferior vesical artery
What is the innervation of the bladder?
inferior hypogastric plexus
parasymp: contracts detrusor muslcle- empties bladder
symp: relaxes detrusor muscle—stops bladder from emptying
The bladder is the most anterior or posterior pelvic organ?
anterior