Pelvis and Perineum Picture Cards Flashcards
Name the muscle in green and the hole in blue

The muscle is levator ani: pubococcygeus
The hole is the urogenital hiatus

- Levator ani: pubococcygeus
- Levator ani: pubo-analis
- Perineal body
- Levator ani: pubovaginalis
4 is pointing to a circular muscle in between #3

- Coccygeus muscle
- Levator ani: pubococcygeus
- Levator ani: pubo-analis
- Internal anal sphincter

- Levator ani: puborectalis
- External anal sphincter
- Levator ani: iliococcygeus
- Coccygeus

- Transverse cervical ligament aka Cardinal ligament aka Mackenrodt’s ligament
- Uterosacral ligament
- Pubovesical ligament

Name 4, 5, and 6

- Vesicouterine pouch
- Posterior fornix of the vagina
- Rectouterine pouch of Douglas

- Ductus defrens
- Seminal vesicle
- Urinary bladder
- Ejaculatory duct
- Prostatic urethra
- Membranous urethra
- Bulbourethral gland (aka Cowper’s)
- Spongy urethra
- Epididymis

Internal iliac artery - anterior trunk

vaginal artery

Middle rectal artery

Internal iliac artery - anterior trunk

Ovarian arteries

Ovarian arteries

- Uterine artery
- Ureter (runs below the uterine artery)
Also name where each artery came from.

- Ovarian - from aorta
- Uterine - from internal iliac (anterior branch)
- Vaginal - from internal iliac (anterior branch)
- Internal pudendal - from internal iliac (anterior branch)

Vaginal artery

Internal pudendal artery

- Prepuce
- Mons pubis
- Labia majora
- Clitoris
- Labia minora
- Vaginal orifice
- Anus
- External urethral orifice
- Openings of paraurethral (Skeene’s) ducts


coccygeus aka ischiococcygeus
These muscles are part of the ______ ______ of the perineum. Name them.

These muscles are part of the superficial pouch of the perineum.
- Bulbospongiosus
- Superficial transverse perineal muscle
- Ischiocavernosus

Compressor urethrae - in the deep perineal space of the female

- Superficial transverse perineal muscle
- Bulbospongiosus
- Ischiocavernosus
- Levator ani: pubococcygeus
- Levator ani: illiococcygeus

- Spongy urethra
- Corpus spongiosum
- Corpora cavernosa
- Deep artery
- Deep dorsal vein
- Dorsal arteries

Tunica albuginea of the corpora cavernosa

levator ani: iliococcygeus

deep transverse perineal muscle - lies in the deep pouch
What is this and what does it do?

Perineal membrane - separates the deep pouch from the superficial pouch.
Name the muscle, innervation, and whether or not its under voluntary control.

Sphincter urethra muscle - pudendal nerve, voluntary control.

bulb of the vestibule

- Uterus: fundus
- Uterus: body
- Cervix
- Vagina
- Round ligament of the uterus
- Ovarian ligament
- Uterine tubes
- Fimbriae
- Ovary
Name the artery and where it originates.

Ovarian arteries - originate from the aorta