Pelvis Flashcards
3 bones fused into pelvis
illeum, ischium, pubum
2 points making vertical plane of pelvis
ASAS and tubercle
Flat face of pelvis
Illiac fossa
3 ligaments of pelvis
sacroiliac, sacrospinous, sacrotuberous
Ligaments that tether sacrum together
sacrotuberous and sacrospinous
Border between true and false pelvis
pelvic inlet (pubic sym, pubic crest, sup pubic rami, arctuate lines, alae of sacrum, sacral promontory
Diff between male and female pelvis
wider angle (women) shape of inlet (men have heart)
Border of pelvic outlet
pubic symphysis, pubic bodies, conjoint rami, isc. T, sacrotuberous ligaments, coccyx
Attachments of piriformis
sacrum and leaving through sciatic foramen to attach to femur
attachements of Obturator internus
internal aspects of hip bone and leaves through obturator foramen to attach to femur
Levator ani attachments
body of pubis and tendinous arch
Attachements of coccygeus
from the ischial spine and sacrospnous ligament to coccyx
Name of gap bw two levator ani muscles
urogenital hiatus
bifurcation of common illiacs
internal and external iliacs
internal illiac branches 4
to buttocks and perineum (sup and inf gluteal, internal pudendal), to medial thigh (obturator vessels), to pelvic wall (iliolumbar, lateral sacral), to pelvic viscera (umblical, uterine, middle rectal, vaginal/inf vesicle)