Pelvis Flashcards
Boundaries of pelvic inlet
ant - symphisis pubis
post - sacral promontory
lat - iliopectineal line
Boundaries of pelvic outlet
ant - pubic arch
post - tip of coccyx
lat - ischial tuberosities
Boundaries of false pelvis
ant - anterior abdominal wall
post - lumbar vertebra
lat - iliac fossa and iliacus muscle
Diameter from sacral promontory to superior margin of pubic symphisis
True conjugate
Diameter from sacral promontory to inferior margin of pubic symphisis
Diagonal Conjugate
Diamater distance between 2 ischial tuberosities
Transverse Diameter
Diameter distance between 2 ischial spines
Interspinous diameter
< 9.5 cm may present barrier to fetus
funnel shaped pelvis with contracted outley
android
long, narrow and oval shaped
anthropoid
wide pelvis flattened at the brim with the promontory of the scrum pushed forward
platypelloid
Contents of pelvic cavity in male
- urinary bladder
- ureter
- vas deferens
- seminal vesicle
- prostate gland
- prostatic urethra
- sigmoid colon
- rectum
Contents of pelvic cavity in female
- urinary bladder
- ureter
- ovary
- uterine tube
- uterus
6 .vagina - sigmoid colon
- rectum
ligaments that divied the sciatic notch
- sacrotuberous ligament
2. sacrospinous ligament
Nerve that enters the greater sciatic foramen and goes superior to piriformis
superior gluteal nerve
Nerves that pass to greater sciatic foramen
- pedendal nerve
- nerve to obturator internus
- internal pudendal vessels
- piriformis
- superior and inferior gluteal vessels and nerves
- sciatic nerve
- posterior femoral cutaneous
- nerve to quadratus femoris
Nerves that pass to lesser sciatic foramen
- pudendal nerve
- nerve to obturator internus
- internal pudendal nerve
- tendon to obturator internus
composition of pelvic diaphragm
- levator ani
2. coccygeus muscle
What structure is weakened in a prolapsed uterus
pubococcygeus muscle