Pelvis Flashcards
Scrotal layers
Some Damned Examiner Called It The Testes
Skin
Dartos
External fascia
Cremaster
Internal fascia
parietal layer of Tunica vaginalis
Testes
Blood supply to prostate
Inferior vesical artery (from prostatovesical from internal pudendal + inferior gluteal branches of internal iliac artery)
Which vessel run close to deep inguinal ring
inferior epigastric artery (branch of external iliac)
Sensation to anterior scrotum
ilioinguinal nerve
Sensation to posterior scrotum
pudendal nerve
True vs false pelvis
Pelvic inlet
Posteriorly: S1, Ala of sacrum (wing)
Anteriorly: pubic symphysis
What forms pelvic walls
Sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligaments
Piriformis and obturator internus muscles
Pelvic floor components
Mainly: levator ani
also:
- coccygeus muscle
- fascia
Muscles of levator ani
pubococcygeus
puborectalis
iliococcygeus
Innervation of levator ani
Pudendal S2-S4
Peritoneum cover of rectum
Top third: anterior and lateral
Middle third: anterior
Bottom third: none
Urogenital triangle dermatomes in men and women
Components of pelvic bone
Ilium
Ischium
Pubis
Difference between colon and rectum laproscopically
Rectum lacks DISTINCT taeniae coli muscles, omental appendices and sacculations (haustra)
Anal canal anatomy
Anal mucosa
Above pectinate: columnar
Below pectinate: Non keratinised stratified squamous (anal pecten)
Below anocutanous line/white line: stratified squamous
Structures that cross ureters in pelvis
Male: ductus deferens
Female: uterine artery
Arterial supply to bladder
Inferior/Superior vescical arteries
(branches of internal iliac)
Venous supply of bladder
vescicoprostatic or vescicouterine plexus
(drains into internal iliac vein)
Parts of male urethra
Pre prostatic
Prostatic
Membranous
Spongy