Pelvic Cavity Flashcards
Pelvic cavity
Greater/false inlet: iliac crest, inguinal ligament, pubic symphysis
Lesser/true inlet: sacral promontory, margin of Ala, arcuate line to pubic symphysis
Pelvic floor: muscular diaphragm
Pelvic wall: bones and ligaments
Male vs. Female pelvis
Inlet- heart shape : circle
Intrapubic angle- acute : obtuse
Shape- cone : cylinder
Pelvic wall bones
Innominate and sacrum
Pelvic wall joints
Sacroiliac joint (posterior) pubic symphysis (anterior)
Pelvic wall ligaments
Sacrotuberous and sacrospinous
Pelvic wall muscles (2)
Piriformis and obturator internus
Orientation of innominate bones
4 SIS: transverse plane (S2)
ASIS and pubic symphysis: coronal place
Pelvic outlets around wall
Greater (sup and inf)/lesser sciatic foreman
Obturator canal
Gap between inguinal lig and pelvic bone
Greater sciatic foreman
Piriformis divides it into superior and inferior
Bones: ilium and ischium
Ligaments: posterior sacroiliac ligament, sacrotuberus lig, sacrospines lig
Lesser sciatic foreman
Obturator internus muscle turning as anatomic landment imaging
Bone: ischium
Ligaments: sacroiliac, sacrospinous, sacrotuberous
Ventral rami of spinal nerve roots
Lumbosacral trunk: L4-L5
Sacral spinal nerves: S1-S3
Sacral plexus ventral divisions (tpp)
Tibial nerve L4-S3
Pudendal nerve S2 - S4
Pelvic splanchnic nerve S2 - S4
Greater sciatic foreman crossing structures
Superior: superior gluteal nav
Inferior: sciatic nerve; pudendal/ inferior gluteal nav, posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, nerve to small hip ERs
Lesser sciatic foreman structures
Pudendal nav
S2, S3, S4
Internal pudendal artery
Pelvic diaphragm innervation
Pudendal nerve (S2-S4)
Pelvic diaphragm parts (2)
- Levator ani: puborectalis, pubococcygeus, iliococcygeus
- Coccygeus ligament
Male pelvic cavity
Urogenital system: urinary bladder, prostate gland, seminal vesicle
Digestive system: rectum
Female pelvic cavity
Urogenital: urinary bladder, uterus, ovaries
Digestive: rectum