Pelvic Anatomy

Question 1

ovarian

Answer 1

extends from the cornua of the uterus to the medial aspect of the ovary

Question 2

Premenarche

Answer 2

time before the onset of mesntrual cycles

Question 3

Psoas Major

Answer 3

Arise from the lumber spine

Desends into the false pelvis

Course laterally and anteriorly into the false pelvis

Exits posterior to the inguinal ligament

Question 4

Piriformis muscle

Answer 4

Arise from the sacrum

Form part of the pelvic floor

Course through the greater sciatic notch

Posterior to the uterus, ovaries, vagina, and recturm

Anterior to the sacrum

Question 5

Broad ligament

Answer 5

Winglike double fold of peritoneum

Drapes over fallopian tubes, uterus, ovaries, and blood vessels

Extends to lateral sidewalls

Creates the retrouterine and vesicouterine pouches

Question 6

Uterosacral

Answer 6

Extends from the upper cervix to the lateral margins of the sacrum

Firmly supports the cervix

Question 7

Round

Answer 7

Arise in the uterine cornua, anterior to the fallopian tubes

Extends from the uterine fundus to the pelvic sidewalls

Helps to maintain anteflexion of the uterine body and fundus

Question 8

true pelvis

Answer 8

region of the pelvis

Question 9

iliopsoas

Answer 9

Psoas major and iliacus muscles

Lateral landmark of true pelvis

Descend until attaching to lesser trochanter of the femur

Question 10

Obturator internus muscles

Answer 10

Lateral margins of the true pelvis

Surround the obturator foramen

Posterior and medial to the iliopsoas muscles

Level of the vagina

Lateral to the ovaries

Question 11

perineum

Answer 11

the surface region in both and male and females between the pubic symphysis and the coccyx; area below the pelvic floor

Question 12

Menarche

Answer 12

onset of menstrual cycles

Question 13

Fimbriae Ovarica

Answer 13

the one fimbriae attached to the ovary

Question 14

iliopectneal line

Answer 14

A bony ridge on the inner surface of the ilium and pubic bones that divides the true and false pelvis

Question 15

Adnexa

Answer 15

region including the fallopian tube and ovary

Question 16

Cardinal

Answer 16

Continuation of the broad ligament

Extends across the pelvic floor

Attaches at the isthmus portion of the uterus

Firmly supports the cervix

Question 17

puberty

Answer 17

physical changes by which a childs body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction

Question 18

menopause

Answer 18

cessation of menses

Question 19

Suspensory

Answer 19

Also known as infudibulopelvic ligament

Extends from the lateral portion of the ovary to the pelvic sidewall

Question 20

False pelvis

Answer 20

region of the pelvis located above the pelvic brim

Question 21

Levator Ani

Answer 21

• puborectalis, iliococcygeus, pubococcygeus
• forms pelvic floor with piriforms muscles
• supports and postions the pelvic organs
• posterior to vagina and cervix

Question 22

Ligament

Answer 22

extension of a double layer of peritoneum between visceral organs