The Pelvis Flashcards
Is the region of the trunk that lies below the abdomen
Pelvis
True or false
The bony pelvis’s main function is to transmit the weight of the body from the vertebral column to the femurs
True
True or false.
It contains supports and protects the pelvic visera and provides attachment for trunk and lower limb muscles.
True
The bonnie pelvis is composed of four bones, what are those bones?
- The TWO HIP BONES, which form the lateral and anterior walls
- The SACRUM
- The COCCYX, which are part of the vertebral column and form the back wall
The two hip bones articulate with each other ANTERIORLY at the?
Symphysis pubis
The two hip bones articulate with each other ANTERIORLY at the?
Symphysis pubis
The two hip bones articulate with each other POSTERIORLY with a sacrum at the?
Sacroiliac joints
What forms a strong basin shaped structure that contains and protects the lower parts of the intestinal and urinary tracts and the internal organs of reproduction?
Bony pelvis
What forms a strong basin shaped structure that contains and protects the lower parts of the intestinal and urinary tracts and the internal organs of reproduction?
Bony pelvis
The pelvis is divided into two parts by the?
THE PELVIC BRIM
- which is formed by the sacral promontory (anterior and upper margin of the first sacral vertebra) behind, the LIOPECTINEAL LINES, ( a line that ruward and forward around the inner surface of the ilium) llaterally, the SYNTHESIS PUBIS ( joint between bodies of pubic bones) anteriorly.
Above the brim is the?
False pelvis
True or false.
The false pelvis forms part of the abdominal cavity
True
True or false.
The false pelvis forms part of the abdominal cavity
True
Below the brim is the?
True pelvis
