Mod 3 - Lower Limb Flashcards
Articular surface of ilium
articulates with sacrum
Bone marrow biopsy(test question)
at the iliac crest
Bone marrow transplantation
marrow can be injected into the vein to add new bone borrow to body if a match
pudendal nerve(know it) go out of
greater sciatic foramen and into lesser sciatic foramen
male palvis
deeper and narrower
pubic arc is narrow
android
Female pelvis
wider and shallower
pubic arc is wider
gynecoid
Pelvic brim is border between
greater and lesser pelvis
Cephalic position
3rd trimester head down and balled up baby
Breech
not cephalic position
Transverse diameter
baby head side compared to horizontal
true conjugate
diagonal conjugate – 1.5cm = usually 11.5cm
The head rotates 90 degrees during delivery which is why
diameters are important
Intercristal is from the two outermost points of
the hip sides laterally
External conjugate
inferior border of pubic synthesis to spinous process of L5
Folia capitis inserts here on the head of the femur
also the acetabulum