Pelvic Contents Flashcards by Courtney @Brainscape

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Female Peritoneum

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Male Peritoneum

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Bladder

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Partial covering of peritoneum - stuck against pubic bones

Transitional epithelium and rugae

Rises into suprapubic region as it fills

Apex is posterior to the pubic symphysis

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Trigone

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Triangular base of bladder - internal area of smooth mucous membrane

Urethra exit and ureters enter at trigone

Sphincter vesicae not complete

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Prostate and urogenital diaphragm

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Bladder Supply

Arteries, veins and nerves

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2x superior arteries and inferior vesical from each side - corresponds to vaginal in females

Vesical plexus of veins

ANS inferior hypogastric plexus

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Lymphatic Drainage of Bladder

Ureter

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Lumbar, common iliac, external iliac, internal iliac nodes as they descend towards bladder

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Lymphatic Drainage of Bladder

Urinary bladder

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Main drainage to internal iliac nodes (some superior to external iliac and some lymph from neck to sacral nodes)

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Lymphatic Drainage of Bladder

Urethra

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Main drainage to internal iliac.

Males: Spongy urethra to deep inguinal

Females: Some to sacral nodes

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Rectum

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Upper 1/3 covered by visceral peritoneum, middle 1/3 by peritoneum on anterior surface and lower 1/3 is infraperitoneal.

3rd sacral vertebra to tip of coccyx

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Rectum

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Rectum Supply

Arterial

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Superior rectal artery (from inferior mesenteric)

Middle rectal artery (from internal iliac)

Inferior rectal artery (from internal pudendal)

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Rectum Supply

Veins

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Superior (to portal)

Middle ( to internal iliac)

Inferior (to internal pudendal)

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Rectum Supply

Lymph

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Pararectal to inferior mesenteric and internal iliac

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Rectum Supply

Nerve

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Inferior hypogastric plexus

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Lymphatic Drainage of Rectum

Superior rectum

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Aortic nodes at L3 (inferior mesenteric)

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Lymphatic Drainage of Rectum

Inferior rectum

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Internal iliac nodes

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Lymphatic Drainage of Rectum

Anal canal superior to pectinate line

A

Internal iliac nodes

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Lymphatic Drainage of Rectum

Anal canal inferior to pectinate line

A

Superficial inguinal nodes

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Uterus - Broad Ligament

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Big sheet formed in middle and either side of body of uterus. Overy sits on posterior surface.

Carries nerves, vessels and lymphatics mostly

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Uterus Features

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Cervix

A

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Uterine Tube

A

Isthmus is a small, narrowed area

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Uterine Ligaments

A

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Orientations of Uterus

A

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Ovaries

Attachment

A

To back of broad ligament by mesovarium

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Ovaries

Arterial supply

A

From abdominal aorta (ovarian artery at L2)

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Ovaries

Venous drainage

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Ovarian vein to IVC on R and left renal vein on L

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Ovaries

Nerve

A

Aortic plexus

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Uterine Ligaments

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Arterial Supply to Uterus

A

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Uterine Lymphatics

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