Pelvic Floor 1

Question 1

What type of joint is the sacro-coccygeal joint?

Answer 1

Fibro cartilaginous joint

Question 2

What is movement at the sacro-coccygeal joint?

Answer 2

Defecation

Breathing

Child birth

Positional changes

Question 3

When is the pubic symphysis joint mobile?

Answer 3

Only during pregnancy

Question 4

What attaches to the pubic symphysis?

Answer 4

Rectus

Adductors

Internal oblique

Transverse abdominus

Levator ani

Question 5

What is the nerve supply of the pudendal nerve branches?

Answer 5

S2-4

Question 6

What do layers 1 and 2 of the pelvic muscles provide?

Answer 6

Squeeze for continence and release for sexual penetration

Question 7

What are the fibers of layers 1 and 2 pelvic muscles?

Answer 7

70% fast twitch

30% slow twitch

Question 8

What is the front half of the pelvic muscles called?

Answer 8

Urogenital triangle

Question 9

What is the back half of the pelvic muscles called?

Answer 9

Anorectal triangle

Question 10

What do the layer 3 pelvic muscles provide?

Answer 10

Floor of the core, provides the lift to help control intraabdominal pressure

Helps suspend our organs

Question 11

What are the fibers of the layer 3 pelvic muscles?

Answer 11

70% slow twitch

30% fast twitch

Question 12

What structures are responsible for the 360 degrees of intraabdominal pressure?

Answer 12

Diaphragm

Transverse abdominis

Pubic symphysis

Pelvic floor

Sacrum

Multifidus