Pelvis (new book) Flashcards
Where do the vast majority of pelvis fractures occur in racehorses?
Caudal aspect of the ileal wing
Does a normal pelvic ultrasound in a racehorse rule out injury in this region?
No, IRU on scintigraphy can be present in the absence of US abnormalities.
What is themost common injury to the ileum in non-racehorces?
Displacement of the tuber coxa
Which type of pelvic fracture is usually associated with significant haemorrhage?
Complete ileal shaft
What attaches on the tuber ischium?
Biceps femoris, semimembrinosus, semitendinosus.
What attaches on the third trocanter of the femur?
Superficial gluteal
Where to the dorsal sarcoiliac ligaments extend from and to?
Connect tuber sacrale to the sacrum
At what age do the symphesis between the bones of the acetabulum fuse?
Approxiamtely 1 year
How is the lubosacral joint identified?
It is easily located by palpating the ventral spine per rectum: the joint is the prominent ventral midline bulge felt caudal to the terminal aorta and branching vessels when the fingers are run cranial to caudal along the underside of the caudal spine.
The lumbosacral junction can be imaged per rectum and is easily recognized, being larger than the adjacent intervertebral spaces.
Which part of the SI jint can be images per rectum?
The axial half of the caudal aspect.
How is the SI joint found per rectum?
Start at the LS joint, move caudal one vertebral body and then sweep laterally.
Disease of the intertransverse joints can affect which other structure?
Lumbosaral plexux/ siatic nerve
