Pelvis Flashcards
What are the borders of the pelvic inlet (Greater or False Pelvis)
Pubic symphysis, pubic crerst, pectinel line, arcuate line, margin of ala and the superior scaral promontory
What are the borders of the pelvic outlet (Lesser or True Pelvis)
Inferio pubic arch, ischial tuberoscity laterally and then the tip of the coccyx
What are the three levator ani muscles
Pubocoocygeal, ischialcoccygeal and the illiococcygeal
What are the three different componants of the pubococcygeael
Pubo-rectalis, pubovagialis and Levator prostate
what are the attachments of the Iliococcygeal
Arises over the fibres of obturator internus and will then insert into the anal coccygeal raphe
what are the attachments of the Ischiococcgeal
Arises frm the ischial sin and will insert in the sacrospinus ligament
WHat are the two ligaments that form the lesser and the greater sciatic Notch
The sacro-spinal and the sacrtuberous ligament
What are the folds of peritoneum that can accumualte fluid
The retro vesicle pouch in men and the retro-uterine and vesico-uterine pouch in women. The retro-uterine i known as the pouch of douglas
What exits the greater sciatic foramen
The piriformis muscle and the sciatic nerve and the pudenal nerve
What exits the Lesser sciatic foramen
The Obturator internus, and the pudenal nerve will then enter
WHat are the two muscles of the floor of the pelvis
The coccygeus and levator ani
What is the muscle of the lateral wall of the pelvis
Is the Obturator internus
What is the muscle of the posterior wall of the pelvis
The piriformis
