Pelvis, Hip Bony Landmarks and Joints Flashcards
What is the most prominent anterior bulge of the ilium?
ASIS - anterior superior iliac spine
What is the fibrocartilaginous disc between the two pubic bones?
Pubic Symphysis
What is the most superior ridge on the pubis?
Pubic Crest
What is the bulge at the lateral edge of the pubic bone?
Pubic Tubercle
What is the ridge of bone down the midline of the sacrum?
Median Sacral Crest
You can often palate the sacral tubercles on what crest?
Median sacral crest
What sacral tubercle is level with the PSIS?
2nd
The _______ sacral crest is approximately level with the _____ boarder of the ______.
Lateral — medial — PSIS
If you palpate lateral to the midline of the sacrum you will feel a small ridge called the ______________ ___________ ____________.
Intermediate sacral crest
Between the intermediate and lateral sacral crests are the __________ ____________ ________.
Sacral foreman 1-4
What is level with the 2nd sacral foreman?
The inferior border of 2nd sacral tubercle and the PSIS
The sacral hiatus is…..
The depression inferior to the 4th sacral tubercles
OR located at the superior edge of the natal cleft
When palpating inferiorly from the sacral hiatus, you will palpate over the __________ _______ and onto the _________.
Sacrococcygeal joint — coccyx
What is the prominence directly subcutaneous to the dimples that are visible on the buttocks?
PSIS - posterior superior iliac spine
The PSIS is level with?
The ASIS, the 2nd sacral tubercle, and the 2nd sacral foremen.
The junction between the ilium and the sacrum is called the __________
Sacroiliac, or SI joint
Midway between the midline and the lateral edge of the body at the inferior portion of the buttocks is……
Ischial tuberosity
This is the most lateral portion of the proximal part of the femur and is level with the pubic tubercles.
Greater trochanter of the femur
A cup-shaped depression that is formed by the ilium, ischium, and pubis, where the head of the femur articulates is the….?
Acetabulum
ass-eh-tab-you-lum
_________ ________ is located on the posters-medial surface of the femur, level with the ischial tuberosities.
Lesser trochanter
What is on the posterior surface of the femur and is a roughened line that is used for muscle attachments?
Linea aspera
What is inferior to the iliac crest in the mid-axillary line and the most lateral bulge of the ilium?
Iliac Tubercle
