Pelvic Visera, Vessels, And Nerves Flashcards
What two muscles make up the pelvic diaphragm?
Levator ani muscle
Coccygeus muscle
The levator ani muscle is (medial or lateral) to the coccygeus muscle
Medial
Where is the pelvic plexus located?
Caudal to plane of the pelvic inlets
Dorsal to prostate
Close to surface of rectum and vaginal/prostatic artery
What types of nerve fibers does the pelvic plexus contain?
Sympathetic (post-synaptic) fibers from the hypogastric nerve
Parasympathetic (pre-synaptic) fibers from the pelvic nerve
The _____________ nerve leaves the ventral branches of the three sacral spinal nerves
Pelvic
The branches of the pelvic nerve supply branches to ?
Urogenital organs (from pelvic plexus follow the prostatic/vaginal artery)
Rectum
Descending colon
What is the extension of the peritoneal cavity dorsal to the rectum?
Pararectal fossa
The ____________ pouch lies between the rectum and uterus/prostate
Rectogenital
The _____________ pouch lies between the uterus and the bladder
Vesiogenital
In the male and female, the ____________ pouch lies between the bladder and the pubis bone
Pubovesical
The ____________________ artery branches off the aorta and becomes the femoral artery
External iliac
What arteries terminate the aorta
Internal iliac and median sacral arteries
The internal iliac artery branches into what?
Caudal gluteal and internal pudendal
The remnant of the umbilical artery is the ___________________________________
Round ligament of the bladder
What is the first artery branching of the internal pudendal?
Vaginal/prostatic artery
Terminates in a cranial and caudal branch
The __________ is the cranial and the ___________ is the caudal branch of the vaginal artery
Uterine (
Middle rectal artery (supplies rectum and vagina)
The __________ artery branches off the uterine artery to supply the bladder and urethra
Caudal vesicular artery
What artery supplying the body and horns of the uterus anastomoses with the ovarian artery and is ligated in a ovariohysterectomy?
Uterine artery
In the male, the cranial branch of the prostatic artery is the_____________ artery and the caudal branch is the _____________ artery.
Artery of the ductus deferens ; middle rectal
The artery that branches off the artery of the ductus deferens and supplies the bladder and urethra is?
Caudal vesical artery
What does the caudal vesicular artery supply?
Bladder, ureteral, and urethral branches
Where can you find the internal prudential artery and verve
Ischiorectal fossa
Passes across the breather ischiatic notch and continues dorsally along the ischiatic spine
Internal pudendal artery has what 3 branches in the female?
Vaginal
Ventral perineal artery
Caudal rectal
The internal pudendal terminates in what two arteries in the female?
Artery of vestibular bulb
Artery of clitoris
The artery of the penis terminates in what three branches?
Artery of the bulb of the penis
Deep artery of the penis
Dorsal artery of the penis
What are the three peritoneal fold of the bladder
Median ligament of the bladder
Lateral ligament of the bladder (2)
The lateral ligament of the bladder contains what arteries?
Ureter and umbilical artery