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Pelvis & Perineurium Flashcards

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What are the 3 parts of the pelvic bone(os coxa)?

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  • Ilium
  • ischium
  • pubis
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What do pelvic bones do in puberty?

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Fuses together at the acetubulum during adolescence

-articulation site for the femoral head

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Describe the pelvic girdle

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  • two pelvic bones and sacrum
  • left and right ilia articulate with sacrum posteriorly
  • left and right pubis articulates anteriorly with pubic symphysis
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What are the pelvic openings?

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Sublinguinal canal- Abdomen/ abdominopelvis and anterior thigh

Obturator canal- pelvis and medial thigh

Greater sciatic foramen- pelvis and gluteal region

Lesser sciatic foramen- gluteal region and perineum

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5
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Contrast the true and false pelvis

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The iliac blades contribute to the abdominal cavity = false pelvis

Below the pelvic inlet is the pelvic cavity= true pelvis

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Contrast the pelvic inlet and pelvic outlet

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Pelvic inlet- sacral promontory, sacral ala, arcuate line, pectineal line, pubic crest

Pelvic outlet- Anterior: pubic symphysis, ischiopubic ramus; posterior is hail tuberosities, sacrotuberous ligaments and sacrum

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What are the sacroiliac joints?

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Iliac and sacral ala

Two components:
-synovial- mobile

-syndesmosis- immobile

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Sacrotuberous and sacrospinous…

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Ligaments oppose posterior sacral rotation

Sacraspinous ligaament- from sacrum to ischial spine

Sacrotuberous ligament- from sacrum to ischial tuberosity

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Describe pelvic measurements

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A variety of obstetric measurements can be done

  • conjugate (AP)
  • conjugate diagonal
  • transverse
  • oblique
  • interspinous diameter(narrowest)
  • anterior posterior (AP) diameter of pelvic inlet

These measurements are used to determine the fixed size of the birth canal and the likelihood of a safe vaginal delivery

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Contrast the male and female pelvis

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Female:

  • flared ala
  • oval pelvic inlet(brim)
  • wide pelvic outlet
  • wide subpubic angle
  • J-shaped sacrum

Male:

  • upright ala
  • heart shaped pelvic inlet(brim)
  • narrow pelvic outlet
  • narrow subpubic angle
  • C-shaped sacrum
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What are the muscles of the pelvic walls?

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Wall

  • piriformis
  • obturator internus
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What are the muscles of the pelvic floor?

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Floor (pelvic diaphragm)

  • Coccygeus
  • levator ani-(assists in maintaining fecal and urinary continence)
    • iliococcygeus
    • pubococcygeus
    • puborectalis-forms a “U” shaped sling around the anorectal junction that helps maintain fecal continence
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What is the function of obturator internus?

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  • Lateral rotation

- abduction

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What is the innervation and blood supply of the obturator canal?

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Obturator nerve

Obturator artery

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What is the function of the piriformis?

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  • Lateral rotation

- abduction

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What is the pelvic diaphragm?

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Funnel shaped muscle that reinforces the pelvic organs

Anterior defect= urogenital hiatus

Consists of:

  • levator ani muscle
    • iliococcygeus
    • pubococcygeus

-coccygeus

17
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What is an episiotomy?

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The pelvic and perineal muscles may tear during childbirth

  • Tearing of the perineal body may result in severe post partum complications
  • To prevent excessive damage specifically to the external anal sphincter the muscles are cut
  • Typically the cut is made obliquely through the muscles
18
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Describe pudendal nerve block

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The ischial spine can be palpated via the vaginal canal

The spine is used as a landmark for administering a pudendal nerve block

19
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What is a pudendal canal?

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Passage within the obturator fascia (lateral wall of ischioanal fossa) - internal pudendal vessels & pidendal nerve run from the lesser sciatic notch to the perineum

Pudendal nerve and internal pudendal artery pass out the greater and in the lesser sciatic notch

20
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What is the pelvic blood supply?

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The abdominal aorta bifurcates at L4 into the common iliac arteries

Common iliac arteries divide into internal and external iliac arteries

21
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Explain the effect of the external and internal iliac artery

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Internal iliac artery supplies the pelvis and gluteal region- umbilical (partially oblitered), superior vesicle, middle rectal, superior gluteal, inferior gluteal, internal pudendal, lateral sacral, obturator, iliolumbar

External iliac gives two branches before it reaches the inguinal ligament
-The deep circumflex iliac artery and inferior epigastric artery

It becomes the femoral artery as it passes deep to the inguinal ligament and supplies the lower limb

22
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Pelvic arteries are highly variable particularly in terms of…

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Size and origin. Name arteries according to their distribution , not origin!(course not source)

With the exception of the ovaries, all pelvic viscera are supplied by branches of the internal iliac arteries

23
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What is the function of the obturator artery?

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Passes anterior-inferiorly on the lateral wall of the pelvi, to the upper part of the obturator foramen, and escaping from the pelvic cavity through the obturator canal with the obturator nerve

24
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What is the function of the iliolumbar artery?

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Passes superiorly between psoas major & vertebral column upwards

25
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What is the function of lateral sacral artery?

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To lateral border of the sacrum

26
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What is the function of the superior gluteal artery?

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Terminal branch of post. division

Typically passes between the lumbosacral trunk & ventral ramus S1 to exit the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen above the piriformis muscle

27
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What is the. Function of the inferior gluteal artery?

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Terminal branch of anterior division

Typically passes between the ventral ramus S2 and S3 to exit the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen below the piriformis muscle

28
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What is the function of the obturator artery?

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60%

Passes through obturator canal with obturator nerve to enter medial thigh compartment

29
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What is the function of the internal pudendal artery?

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Exits pelvis through greater sciatic foramen below the piriformis muscle with pudenfal nerve

Enters the lesser sciatic foramen to pass anteriorly through the ischiorectal fossa to reach the perineum gives rise to inferior rectal artery and branches to perineum

30
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What is the function of the inferior gluteal artery?

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Exits pelvis through greater sciatic foramen below the piriformis muscle to emerge in the gluteal region with inferior gluteal nerve

31
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Describe the umbilical artery

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Becomes obliterated to form medial umbilical ligament which runs along the internal anterior abdominal wall to the umbilicus and is covered with peritoneum and forms the medial umbilical fold

32
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What is the function of the uterine artery ?

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Supplies uterus and uterine tubes

33
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What is the function of the middle rectal artery?

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Runs across the pelvic floor to middle portion of rectum

34
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What is the function of the inferior vesicle artery?

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Supplies inferior bladder, prostate, seminal vesicles(dude)

OR

Vagina artery -supplies vagina and bladder

35
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What are the common iliac veins?

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Junction of the external and internal iliac veins at pelvic inlet

The internal iliac vein receives blood from the pelvic organs, pelvic wall and gluteal region

The external iliac vein receives blood from the lower abdominal wall and lower limb

36
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Summarize veinous interconnections

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The prostatic veinous plexus drains into the inferior vesicle veins and subsequently inti the internal iliac vein here they can communicate with the veins that drain pelvic walls

This serves as a route for hematogenic spread of prostate cancer of pelvic bones

37
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Summarize abdominal & pelvic lymphatics

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Lymphatics from the pelvic wall follow the internal and external iliac veins to the common iliac nodes into the lumbar notes

Lymphatics from the posterior abdominal wall drain into the lumbar (lateral aortic) nodes

These eventually drain into the cisterna chyli, a large fluid filled sac which collects lymph of the entire lower part of the body

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