Pelvic Vessels Nerves and Lymphatics Flashcards
What are the posterior division branches of the internal iliac artery?
Iliolumbar artery
Lateral Sacral As.
Superior gluteal A.
What are the anterior division branches of the internal iliac artery?
Umbilical A. Obturator A. Accessory obturator A. Inferior Vesical A. Uterine A. Vaginal A. Internal Pudendal A. Inferior Gluteal A.
What artery supplies the vagina? Uterus?
Vaginal A.
Uterine A.
What artery supplies the rectum?
Middle Rectal A.
Superior Rectal A.
What artery supplies the bladder?
Umbilical A.
What artery supplies the urinary bladder, ureter, prostate, and seminal vesicles?
Inferior Vesical A.
How can venous blood bypass the liver and return to the heart from the rectum?
Internal rectal plexus –> inferior rectal vein –> internal pudendal vein –> internal iliac v. –> common iliac v. –> IVC
How does the ovarian vein drain on the left and right side?
Right: Ovarian V –> IVC
Left: Ovarian V –> Renal V –> IVC
What are the four groups of lymph nodes that drain the pelvic viscera?
External iliac lymph nodes Internal iliac lymph nodes Sacral lymph nodes Common iliac lymph nodes -The first 3 drain into the common iliac lymph nodes, common drains into lumbar
Where does uterus and vaginal lymph drain into?
Distal Vagina and anal canal?
Internal iliac nodes
Superficial inguinal nodes
What are the four components of the sacral plexus?
Sciatic n.
Pudendal n.
Superior gluteal n.
Inferior gluteal n.
What does the sciatic n supply?
Posterior compartment of the thigh and entire leg and foot
What does the pudendal n supply?
Goes through lesser sciatic foramen
Supplies perineum
What does the superior gluteal n supply?
Gluteus medius and gluteus minimus
What does the inferior gluteal nerve supply?
Gluteus maximus
