Pelvis Flashcards
The penis is fibroelastic in which species?
- ruminants and pigs
The sigmoid flexure is caudal to the scrotum in this species?
- ruminants
What attaches the uterine horns of the cow together?
- the intercornuate ligaments
The sigmoid flexure is cranial to the scrotum in this species?
- boars
A blind sac is present in the dorsal wall, at the junction between the pelvic and penile parts of the urethra (urethral recess) in what species?
- bull/ram
Which species has the longest cervix?
- sow
Closed off by the pelvic diaphragm
- anal triangle
What could be a catheritization obstacle in the cervix of the cow?
- the circular folds (plicae circulares)
The retractor penis muscle is attached to the sigmoid flexure, what type of muscle is it?
- smooth muscle
Where can calculi lodge?
- at the sigmoid flexure and at the urethral process
What species is the suburethral diverticulum large in?
- cow
The non-fused parts of the uterine horn in the cow forms the ?
- uterine velum
The superficial gluteal muscle is small and fuses with the biceps femoris muscle
- gluteobiceps muscle in ruminants
Sacrosciatic ligament is well formed and the birth canal is almost straight
- sows
Prostate gland has a body (corpus) and a relatively large disseminate part (pars disseminata)
- Ox and porcine
How do fetal membranes attach to the caruncles?
- via cotyledons
Rectal part that attaches laterally to the rectum. The penile part runs over the root and surface of the body of the penis. Smooth muscle.
- retractor penis muscle
Male or Female: Shorter and more stout ilium
- male
Consists of the crus/root of the penis that is surrounded by the ischiocavernosus muscle
- “Pizzle eye”
Which species is missing the ampulla of the ductus deferens?
- porcine
The iliac shaft and the sacrotuberal ligament make up the ?
- lateral pelvic walls
Which species does NOT have a glans penis, or an ampulla?
- the boar
- > glans penis is called the terminal part of the penis and has a preputial diverticulum of the internal lamina
The cranial pelvic aperture in bovine is?
- oval and narrow/sma;;
The round ligament of the uterus is well developed in the _____, rudimentary in the ______ and absent in the _______
- dog
- mare
- ruminants and sow