REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM & BONY PELVIS Flashcards
BONY PELVIS- basic structures
Ilium, pubis, ischium, sacrum, coccyx, innominate bones, acetabulum.
PELVIC OUTLET
Bounded by: tip of coccyx, ischial spines lat, inf border of PS.
PELVIC INLET
Bounded by: sacral promontary, sacral ala post, inner border of the iliac bones lat, sup border of PS ant. (Pelvic brim.
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Lies between bladder and rectum. To prepare the body for impregnation (produce ovum), sex hormones, and for pregnancy maintenance.
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
To produce, maintain and transport sperm & semen. Sex hormones.
PELVIC SPACES (female)
Formed by folds in peritoneal lining, common sites for fluid accumulation. Retro-pubic space.
Vesico-uterine: post to bladder, ant to ute
Recto-uterine: post to ute, ant to rec (pouch of douglas)