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Pelvic cavity

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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

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Male vs. Female pelvis

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Inlet- heart shape : circle
Intrapubic angle- acute : obtuse
Shape- cone : cylinder

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Pelvic wall bones

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Innominate and sacrum

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Pelvic wall joints

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Sacroiliac joint (posterior) pubic symphysis (anterior)

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Pelvic wall ligaments

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Sacrotuberous and sacrospinous

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Pelvic wall muscles (2)

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Piriformis and obturator internus

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Orientation of innominate bones

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4 SIS: transverse plane (S2)
ASIS and pubic symphysis: coronal place

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Pelvic outlets around wall

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Greater (sup and inf)/lesser sciatic foreman
Obturator canal
Gap between inguinal lig and pelvic bone

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Greater sciatic foreman

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Piriformis divides it into superior and inferior
Bones: ilium and ischium
Ligaments: posterior sacroiliac ligament, sacrotuberus lig, sacrospines lig

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Lesser sciatic foreman

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Obturator internus muscle turning as anatomic landment imaging
Bone: ischium
Ligaments: sacroiliac, sacrospinous, sacrotuberous

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Ventral rami of spinal nerve roots

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Lumbosacral trunk: L4-L5
Sacral spinal nerves: S1-S3

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Sacral plexus ventral divisions (tpp)

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Tibial nerve L4-S3
Pudendal nerve S2 - S4
Pelvic splanchnic nerve S2 - S4

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Greater sciatic foreman crossing structures

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Superior: superior gluteal nav
Inferior: sciatic nerve; pudendal/ inferior gluteal nav, posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, nerve to small hip ERs

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Lesser sciatic foreman structures

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Pudendal nav
S2, S3, S4
Internal pudendal artery

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Pelvic diaphragm innervation

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Pudendal nerve (S2-S4)

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Pelvic diaphragm parts (2)

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  1. Levator ani: puborectalis, pubococcygeus, iliococcygeus
  2. Coccygeus ligament
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Male pelvic cavity

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Urogenital system: urinary bladder, prostate gland, seminal vesicle
Digestive system: rectum

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Female pelvic cavity

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Urogenital: urinary bladder, uterus, ovaries
Digestive: rectum

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Peritoneum in pelvic cavity: male

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Proximal 1/3 of rectum and anterior surface of 2nd 1/3 of rectum
Superior surface of urinary bladder
Rectovesical pouch

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Peritoneal cavity in pelvis: female

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Proximal 2/3 of anterior surface of rectum
Superior surface of urinary bladder
Most of uterus (intraperitoneal) and posterior surface of the ovary
Vesicouterine pouch and rectouterine pouch (pouch of Douglas)

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Urinary bladder: orientation/anatomy

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Suspended by the median umbilical ligament (urachus)
Anteroinferior to parietal peritoneum
***Parietal peritoneum not fixed to anterior abdominal wall

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Urinary bladder: inside surface (2)

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Smooth area: triangular (trigone), from opening of ureters to the internal urethral orifice
Corrugated area: detrusor muscles

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Urinary bladder

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Bladder and male genital system

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Posterior inferior: prostate gland, walnut size, hypertrophy w/ aging
Posterior: seminal vesicle + ductus deferens to ampulla = ejaculatory duct
Function: nutrition support, neutralizing acidic environment

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Uterus: components

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Uterine tube, body, cervix

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Uterine tube parts

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Uterus:

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Uterus positioning

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Normal:
Abnormal
Clinical importance: cervical prolapse,

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Ovary

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Primary retroperitoneal
Connected to uterine body medically
Laterally connected to one of the longest fimbria from the fimbriae of uterine tube

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Ovary: function

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Initiates meiosis and releases secondary oocyte for fertilization
Development of embryo and fetus
End Erie

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Uterus and ovary ligaments

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Broad ligament:
1. Mesos

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Uterus and vagina innervation

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Anterior 1/3 of vagina: somatic only, pudendal nerve S2 -S4
Post

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Rectum

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Distal 1/3 : Primary retroperitoneal
Distal rectum forms a straight angle

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Anus

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Pectinate line
Internal an external sphincters
Fecal continence

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Pectinate line

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Columnar - squamous junction

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Lymph drainage in anus

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Above pectinate line
Below

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Anus innervation

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Perineum: triangles (2)

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Urethra: female

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Very short, equal to males membranous part, increased infection risk

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Urethra: male (4)

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Sexual differences

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Urinary bladder phases

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A. Filling/storage phase
B. Voiding/ micturition phase

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Bladder: filling phase

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Bladder: voiding phase

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Types of incontinence

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Stress, urge, mixed (stress and urge), functional, overflow, transient (infection or medication)

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External genitalia: skeletal muscles

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Ischiocaernousus and bulbospongiosus
Innervated by pudendal nerve

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External genitalia: erectile tissues

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Corpus cavernosum” crus
Corpus

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