Repro - pelvic anatomy + perneum Flashcards
What features make up the superior pelvic aperture?
Pelvic inlet
Pelvic brim
What constitutes the true pelvis?
Lesser pelvis - the “bowl”
What constitutes the false pelvis?
The wings of the pelvis (greater pelvis)
How does the pelvic inlet differ in men/women?
Male - heart shaped
Female - oval + rounded
What are the subpubic angles of the different sexes?
Female - greater than 90 degrees
Male - less than 90 degrees
How do the greater/lesser pelvises differ in the sexes?
Female - greater pelvis is shallow
Lesser pelvis wide + shallow
Males greater pelvis is deep
Lesser pelvis is narrow and deep
What is the shape of the obturator foramen in the sexes?
Male - round
Female - oval
Which muscle occupies the lateral pelvic wall?
Obturator internus
Which muscle is present in the posterior wall of the pelvis?
Piriforis
What are the pernieal/anococcygeal bodies?
Two fibrous joinings of muscles in midline
Found either side of the anus
What muscles form the pelvic floor?
Coccygeus
Levator ani
What are two functions of the pelvic floor
Continence
Supports load of viscera
What is the innervation of the pelvic floor?
Pudenal nerve
What is a cystoceole?
Where bladder buldges into vagina “prolapsed bladder”
What is a rectocoele?
Wall of rectum bulding into vagina
Why is the perineal body often damaged in childbirth?
Weakest point, so first to tear
Problem because mainly avascular so slow to heal
How does an epiotomy minimise long term damage?
Stops tearing in central midline, and redirects into the mediolateral plain if needed,
This is more muscular and vascular so heals better
What structures can you feel in men/women in a rectal exam?
Female - rectouterine pouch (pouch of douglas)
Male - prostate
What ateries of the pelvis arise from the internal iliac artery?
Superior/inferior vesical arteries Uterine arteries Middle + inferior iliac arteries Vaginal artery (along with branch from uterine artery) Internal pudenal artery Obturator artery
Where do the vesical arteries arise from?
Internal iliac
Where does the uterine artery arise from?
Internal iliac artery
Where do the gondal arteries arise from?
Aorta
Where do the superior recotal arteries arise from?
Inferior mesenteric artery
Where do the inferior/middle rectal arteries arise from?
internal iliac
Where do the vaginal arteries arise from?
Uterine artery
Internal iliac
Where does the pudenal artery arise from?
Internal iliac artery
Where do the obturator arteries arise from?
Internal iliac artery
What do the vesical arteries supply?
Bladder
Seminal gland
Prostate in amles
Ureter
What do the uterine arteries supply?
Uterus
Ureter
What do the gonadal arteries supply?
Testis/ovaries
Branches leading to - ureter, uteric tube (fallopian)
What do the rectal arteries supply?
Rectum
Middle/inferior - anal canal
What do the vaginal arteries supply?
Vagina
Base of bladder
What does the internal pudenal supply?
Pernieum + external genitalia
What does the obturator artery supply?
Adducts of medial thigh
What veins drain the pelvic region?
Internal iliac Superior rectal Median sacral Gonadal Internal vertebral venous plexus
What parts of the rectum drain into the portal circulation?
Superior