Session 7 - Pelvic Girdle Flashcards

1
Q

What does the pelvic girdle consist of?

A

The two hip bones and the sacrum

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2
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What are the three main functions of the pelvic girdle?

A

to transfer forces from the axial skeleton to the lower limb provide attachment for muscles protect the pelvic area

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3
Q

Where do the hip bones articular with each other anteriorly and posteriorly?

A

Hip bones articulate with each other anteriorly at the pubic symphysis Articulate with the sacrum posteriorly

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4
Q

What is the hip bone formed from?

A

The fusion of three bones - The illium - The ischium - The Pubis

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5
Q

Up to the age of 18,how are the hip bones connected?

A

Triradiate cartilage in the acetabulum

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6
Q

What is the acetabulum?

A

A concave surface formed from the joining of the ilium, the ischium and pubis. Articulates with the pubis.

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7
Q

What is A?

A

A is the Ilium

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8
Q

What is B?

A

The acetabulum

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9
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What is C?

A

The ischium

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10
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What is D?

A

The pubis

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11
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What is A?

A

Illiac crest

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12
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What is the use of the iliac crest?

A

Many of the muscles and fascia of the abdomen attach here

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13
Q

What is B?

A

The illiac fossa

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14
Q

What is J?

A

The Gluteal surface of the illium, to which the gluteal muscles attach

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15
Q

What is the ischium composed of?

A

The body and the ramus (another name for a division)

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16
Q

What is O and what does it form part of?

A

The body of the ischium, forms part of acetabulum

17
Q

What is N?

A

The ischial ramus

18
Q

What is E?

A

The ischial tuberosity

19
Q

What is the pubis composed of?

A

A body and two rami (divisions)

20
Q

What is F?

A

The pubic symphysis, point of articulation of the two pubi

21
Q

What is L?

A

Body of the pubis

22
Q

What are K and M?

A

K - the superior ramus of pubis M - the inferior ramus of the pubis

23
Q

What are I and G?

A

I - the superior ramus of the pubis G - the inferior ramus of pubis

24
Q

What is H?

A

Body of ischium

25
Q

What forms the “ring” of the pelvic girdle?

A

The pubic ami, the acetabulum, the ischium, the illium and the sacrum.

26
Q

What does the ring formation of the pelvic girdle mean?

A

Fractures occur together - very difficult to break one side without breaking or dislocation the othe

27
Q

What is the most common way to break pelvis??

A

Direct trauma, or by falls of feat - force is transmitted to pelvis from lower limb

28
Q

Where do fractures occur in the pelvis?

A

Weaker points, such as the superior and inferior pubic rami, the acetabulum of in the region of the sacroiliac joint

29
Q

What is a common complication of pelvic fractures?

A

Soft tissue injury - bladder and urethra are relatively close and can be damaged

30
Q

What is the sacroilliac joint?

A

This