Pelvic And Perineal Osteology Flashcards
Where is the pelvic diaphram located?
Inferior to the true pelvis but superior to the perineum.
What is the sub-pubic angle? What is the difference in males and women?
Angle that the pubic bone makes when the two os coxae are articulated.
Fused spinous processes and transverse processes of the sacrum give rise to what structure?
Median sacral crest.
Lateral sacral crest.
What is spondylolysis?
Vertebral arch separates from the vertebral body.
What is spondylolithesis?
Anterior movement of vertebra due to some sort of trauma
What findings are unique to the female pelvis?
Oval shaped obturator foramen, smaller acetabulum, shallow greater pelvis (abdomen), shallower lesser pelvis,
What are the names for the classic shapes of the male and female pelvic outlets?
Male-> android
Female-> gynecoid
Where does the iliolumbar ligament travel attach?
Transverse process of L5 to the iliac crest
Where does the lumbosacral ligament attach?
Travels from L5 transverse process and body to the sacral ala.
What two ligaments hold the pubic symphysis together?
Superior and inferior pubic ligament
What type of joint is the sacroiliac joint?
Compound joint
Long sacroiliac ligament will fuse with what ligament?
Sacrotuberous ligament
Where is the interosseous sacroiliac ligament?
Deep to the posterior sacroiliac ligament
What are the two main types of pelvic fascia?
Membranous and endopelvic
What are the two types of membranous fascia?
Visceral and parietal