Pelvis Flashcards
What are the bones that compose the pelvis?
Hip bones -2
sacrum
coccyx
What are the borders of the pelvic brim
Symphysis pubis - ant
Iliopectineal line - lat
Sacral promontroy - post
What is the purpose of pelvic brim?
Separates the false and true pelvis
What are the borders of of the pelvic inlet?
Symphysis pubis
Iliopectineal line
Sacral promontory
What are the borders of the pelvic outlet?
Pubic arch
Ischial tuberosity
Tip of coccyx
Anatomic feature that makes the pelvis different from the female pelvis?
Rounded obturator foramen
[Male or Female]
shallow, oval inlet, larger outlet
female
[Male or Female]
sacrum is short, wide, flat
pubic arch is wound and wide
female
[Male or Female]
Everted ischial spine
Female
[Male or Female]
Deep pelvis
heart-shaped pelvic inlet, smaller outlet
male
[Male or Female]
sacrum is large, thin, curved
male
[Male or Female]
inverted ischial spiine
male
[Pelvic Inlet]
What are the anatomic landmarks used to measure the true conjugate diameter?
from sacral promontory to the superior margin of the symphysis pubis
[Pelvic Inlet]
What are the anatomic landmarks use to measure the diagonal conjugate
sacral promontory to the INFERIOR margin of the pubic symphysis
[Pelvic Inlet]
What is the normal value of your diagonal conjugate
> 11.5cm
[Pelvic Inlet]
What is the shortest pelvic diameter?
obstetric conjugate
[Pelvic Inlet]
What pelvic diameter is measured during pelvic examination
Diagonal Conjugate diameter
[Pelvic Outlet]
distance between the ischial tuberosities
Transverse diameter
[Pelvic Outlet]
What is distance between ischial spine which can be a barrier to the fetus during NSVD?
<9.5cm
[Type of pelvis]
flat antero-posteriorly
platypelloid
[Type of pelvis]
funnel shaped, contracted outlet
android
[Type of pelvis]
long, narrow, oval shaped
anthropoid
What ligament divides the sciatic notches?
Sacrospinous ligament
What bony landmark separates the greater and lesser notches?
Ischial spine
What foramen provides an exit from the pelvis into the gluteal region
Greater sciatic foramen
Remember, GrEx, LEnt
What foramen provides an entrance into the perineum from the gluteal region
Lesser Sciatic foramen
Remember, GrEx, LEnt
Whet tendon passes through the lesser sciatic foramen?
Tendon of obturator internus
What structure exits the greater sciatic foramen and enters the lesser sciatic foramen?
- Pudendal nerve
- Internal pudendal vesssels
- Nerve to obturator internus
What muscle passes through the greater sciatic foramen?
piriformis
What nerve exits the greater sciatic foramen but does not enter the lesser sciatic foramen?
- Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
- Inferior gluteal nerve
- Superior gluteal nerve
- Sciatic nerve
- Sciatic
What muscles compose the pelvic diaphragm?
- Levator ani
2. Coccygeus muscle
What are the components of the levator ani?
- Pubococcygeus
2. Ileococcygeus