Sacrum Flashcards
What bones make up the pelvis?
It’s made up of three bones, 2 innominates and 1 sacrum.
What is it meant by lumbarization of the sacrum?
When S1 and S2 do NOT fuse.
IN what plane does the sacrum lie?
In the oblique plane, running anterior to posterior, superior to inferior.
The medial row/crest of the sacrum is fusion of _.
Fusion of sacral articular processes
The lateral rows/crest are fusion of _
fusion of sacral transverse processes.
The lateral rows inferiorly end in a curve called _
inferolateral angle (ILA)
What is sacral hiatus?
defect near the apex, where the lamina failed to close.
If you wanted to perform sacral epidural nerve block, where would you do it?
At the sacral hiatus.
What is ganglion impar?
Where right and left sympathetic chains join, rests on anterior aspects of the coccyx.
What are the 3 true pelvic ligament that which joins the innominate to the sacrum?
- Anterior sacroiliac ligament
- Interosseous sacroliliac ligament
- Posterior sacroiliac ligament
What are the 3 accessory pelvic ligaments?
- Sacrotuberous ligament
- sacropsinous ligament
- Iliolumbar ligaments
Which ligament attaches the medial sacral crests to the iliac tuberosities?
Interosseous sacroiliac ligament
Which ligament attaches from 3rd sacral segment to the preauricular surface of ilium?
Anterior sacroiliac ligament
Which ligament connects the PSIS to 3rd and 4th sacral segments and has close anatomical relationship with the erector spinae muscles.
Posterior sacroiliac ligament
Which ligament attaches sacrum to the ischial tuberosity and serves as the attachment for gluteus max and tendon of biceps femoris?
Sacrotuberous ligament
Which two ligament cross over one another to create the greater and lesser sciatic foramen?
Sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligaments.