Pelvic Anatomy

Question 1

What is the first segment of the sacrum?

Answer 1

Sacral promontory

Question 2

The transverse processes of the sacrum are called?

Answer 2

Ala, which contain holes (sacral foramina)

Question 3

Ala articulates with _____ bones at the _______ joints.

Answer 3

hip, sacroiliac

Question 4

What are the three hip bones?

Answer 4

Ilium, pubis, and ischium

Question 5

What is the pubic symphysis?

Answer 5

Where the bodies of the 2 pubic bones meet anteriorly at the midline.

Question 6

What runs along the inner iliac and pubic bones?

Answer 6

The pelvic brim

Question 7

Above the pelvic brim is the ______ pelvis.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Below the pelvic brim is the ______ pelvis.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What are the levitator ani muscles?

Answer 9

Pubococcygeus
Puborectalis
Iliococcygeus

Question 10

What muscle isn’t a leviator ani muscle?

Answer 10

Coccygeus

Question 11

Which sphincter has involuntary control of the bladder?

Answer 11

The internal urethral sphincter

Question 12

What is on the floor of the bladder where the 2 ureters insert and the urethra exits?

Answer 12

The trigone

Question 13

Which sphincter does voluntary bladder control?

Answer 13

The external urethral sphincter

Question 14

What are the three parts of the male urethra?

Answer 14

Prostatic, membranous, and penile

Question 15

The three walls of the uterus are:

Answer 15

Endometrium, myometrium, and perimetrium

Question 16

What are the three pelvic spaces in the female?

Answer 16

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)

Question 17

The scrotum contains a muscular layer called _______ _______, which forms the _______ _______.

Answer 17

dartos tunica, median raphe

Question 18

The median raphe is a:

Answer 18

Septum that divides the scrotum into left and right.

Question 19

What is the outer layer of the testes?

Answer 19

Tunica albuginea

Question 20

All seminiferous tubules converge at:

Answer 20

Rete Testis

Question 21

15-20 efferent ducts transfer sperm from rete testis to the __________.

Answer 21

epididymis

Question 22

Describe the 3 parts of the epididymis.

Answer 22

Head is on the upper pole of testis, body courses along posterior surface, and tail is inferior to low pole.

Question 23

The vas deferens joins with the ______ vesicle duct to become the ________ duct, which empties into the prostatic urethra.

Answer 23

seminal, ejaculatory

Question 24

The corpora cavernosa goes ontop of the corpus spongiosum. True or false?

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What are the 3 cylindrical masses of erectile tissue?

Answer 25

2 corpus cavernosa, on upper surface of penis

1 corpus spongiosum

Question 26

The external iliac artery _______ enter the true pelvis.

Answer 26

does not

Question 27

What becomes the femoral artery to supply the leg?

Answer 27

The external iliac artery