Pelvic Flashcards
● Painful coccyx
“coccydynia” or
“coccygodynia”
Prolonged sitting
causes?
bursitis;
Tailor’s/weaver’s/
boatman’s bottom
Iliac crest (L) = (R)
○ XXX: ?
Pelvic obliquity/list
ASIS < PSIS
APT
What are the Red carpet muscles
Piriformis, obturator
internus, obturator
externus, superior
gemellus, inferior
gemellus ,
quadratus femoris
Borders:(Pelvic Outlet)
○ Ant:
○ Post:
○ Lat:
○ Ant: Pubic arch
○ Post: Coccyx
○ Lat: Ischial tuberosity
● (L4)
● highest point of the
pelvis
Iliac crest
● Restricts AB,
Extension
Pubofemoral ligament
a. Lumbar and sacral nerves
b. Blood Vessels
Obturator foramen
Female:
Oval, larger
(Origin of rectus femoris
straight head)
AIIS
Femoral Torsion Normal ANgle
8-15 degrees
Origin of:
a. Adductor Magnus
b. Gracilis
c. Adductor Brevis
Inferior Ramus
Increased neck shaft angle =
Coxa valga
● S2
● Dimples of Venus
PSIS
connects ilium, ischium,
pubis
Triradiate ligament
● Restricts extension
● Weakest
Ischiofemoral ligament
Child Neck Shaft Angle=
160 degrees
ASIS = PSIS
○ XXX: ?
Pelvic tilt
2 Innominate bones (R)
and (L)
* Ilium
* Ischium
* Pubis
Pelvis
Pelvic Girdle
* (Posterior) Right
and left pelvic
bones ↔ _________
* (Anterior) Left and
right hemipelvis ↔
____________
sacrum and fifth lumbar
pubis symphysis