Parker SG Flashcards
What separates the true and false pelvis?
Terminal line
What muscles make up the pelvic diaphragm?
Coccygeus and Levator Ani
What two spaces are separated by the pelvic diaphragm?
Pelvis and Perineum
What is the most important origin of levator ani?
Tendinous Arch of Levator Ani
What is the tendinous arch of levator ani derived from?
Obturator internus fascia (thickening of parietal pelvic fascia)
What is the most important part of the pelvic diaphragm that helps to maintain rectal continence?
Puborectalis muscle
What are the 3 umbilical folds and what are they made from?
MediaN - obliterated urachus
medialL - obliterated umbilical artery
Lateral - inferior epigastric a.
What vertebral level does the sigmoid colon begin at?
S3
Which parts of the colon are in the pelvis?
Sigmoid (false)
Rectum (true)
When does rectum become anal canal?
When it passes through the pelvic diaphragm into perineum
Above Pectinate line.
- Nerves
- Blood
- Lymph
Nerves: AUTONOMIC
Sympathetic - Lumbar Splachnics
Parasympathetic - Pelvic Splanchnics
Blood:
Superior Rectal a. (SMA)
Superior Rectal v. (SMV –> PORTAL)
Lymphatics:
Internal Iliac Lymph Nodes
Below Pectinate Line
- Nerves
- Blood
- Lymph
Nerves: SOMATIC
inferior rectal n. (pudendal n.)
Blood:
Middle and Inferior Rectal a. (CAVAL)
Lymph:
Superficial inguinal lymph nodes
What type of hemorrhoids are painful?
Those that are below the pectinate line, because the innervation becomes somatic
T or F: the middle rectal a. is above the pelvic diaphagm
True
What fibers innervate the different parts of the bladder:
- detrussor
- internal urethral sphincter
Detrussor
Parasympathetic (pelvic splanchnics)
Internal Urethral Sphincter
Sympathetic (Lumbar? splachnics)
T or F: the internal urethral sphincter prevents retrograde ejaculation?
True
What is significant about the internal urethral sphincter preventing retrograde ejaculation?
Emission AND ejactulation (somatic and symp) are controlled by SYMPATHETIC stimulation
- internal urethral sphincter closes tightly under this stimulation to prevent retrograde ejaculation