Pelvic Anatomy Flashcards
What is the first segment of the sacrum?
Sacral promontory
The transverse processes of the sacrum are called?
Ala, which contain holes (sacral foramina)
Ala articulates with _____ bones at the _______ joints.
hip, sacroiliac
What are the three hip bones?
Ilium, pubis, and ischium
What is the pubic symphysis?
Where the bodies of the 2 pubic bones meet anteriorly at the midline.
What runs along the inner iliac and pubic bones?
The pelvic brim
Above the pelvic brim is the ______ pelvis.
False
Below the pelvic brim is the ______ pelvis.
True
What are the levitator ani muscles?
Pubococcygeus
Puborectalis
Iliococcygeus
What muscle isn’t a leviator ani muscle?
Coccygeus
Which sphincter has involuntary control of the bladder?
The internal urethral sphincter
What is on the floor of the bladder where the 2 ureters insert and the urethra exits?
The trigone
Which sphincter does voluntary bladder control?
The external urethral sphincter
What are the three parts of the male urethra?
Prostatic, membranous, and penile
The three walls of the uterus are:
Endometrium, myometrium, and perimetrium
What are the three pelvic spaces in the female?
Retropubic (b/w pubic bone and bladder)
Vesicouterine pouch (anterior, b/w uterus and posterior wall of bladder)
and Rectouterine pouch (pouch of Douglas) (b/w uterus and rectum)
The scrotum contains a muscular layer called _______ _______, which forms the _______ _______.
dartos tunica, median raphe
The median raphe is a:
Septum that divides the scrotum into left and right.
What is the outer layer of the testes?
Tunica albuginea
All seminiferous tubules converge at:
Rete Testis
15-20 efferent ducts transfer sperm from rete testis to the __________.
epididymis
Describe the 3 parts of the epididymis.
Head is on the upper pole of testis, body courses along posterior surface, and tail is inferior to low pole.
The vas deferens joins with the ______ vesicle duct to become the ________ duct, which empties into the prostatic urethra.
seminal, ejaculatory
The corpora cavernosa goes ontop of the corpus spongiosum. True or false?
True
