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Unit 2_Pelvis & Lower Limb Flashcards

1
Q

What joins the axial skeleton to the lower limb?

A

Pelvic Girdle

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2
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What includes the following bones:

2 Coxal (Hip) Bones that make up the Pelvis

Sacrum

Coccyx

A

Pelvic Girdle

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3
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Where are the following palpable posterior bony structures included:

Iliac Crest

Posterior Superior Iliac Spine

Sacrum

Ischial Tuberosity

Intergluteal (Natal) Cleft

A

Pelvic Girdle

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4
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What is the midline space between the gluteal masses on the pelvic girdle?

A

Intergluteal (Natal) cleft

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5
Q

What are included where the buttocks of the gluteal muscles overhang and join with the posterior thigh?

A

Clunes

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6
Q

What forms when the Ilium, Ischium and Pubis meet?

A

A deep dish of the hip joint called the Acetabulum

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7
Q

What is comprised below the Iliopectineal Line?

A

True, or lesser pelvis

*Includes reproductive structures

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8
Q

What is comprised above the Iliopectineal Line?

A

False, or greater pelvis

*Includes abdominal contents

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9
Q

What can be viewed from an inferior angle of the pelvis anteriorly to posteriorly and the width can be different depending on the biological sex of the individual?

A

Pelvic Outlet

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10
Q

What brachial plexus injury can result in a baby during birth if the width of the pelvis is not large enough in the mother?

A

Right Shoulder Dystocia

Musculocutaneous C5-C6

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11
Q

What are the following bony prominences included in:

Head (2/3 of a sphere)

Neck

Greater Trochanter

Lesser Trochanter

Intertrochanteric Crest

A

Proximal Femur

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12
Q

What part of the proximal femur head is not covered in hyaline cartilage?

A

Fovea Captis

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13
Q

What is the normal angle of inclination of the neck-shaft angle of the proximal femur?

A

120 degrees - 135 degrees

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14
Q

What is a form of hip dysplasia when the angle of inclination of the proximal femur is <120 degrees?

A

Coxa Vara

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15
Q

What is a form of hip dysplasia when the angle of inclination of the proximal femur is >135 degrees?

A

Coxa Valga

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16
Q

What joint includes the Sacrum articulating with the body of L5 and joins the pelvic girdle to the trunk?

A

Lumbosacral Joint

17
Q

What ligament joins the Ilium to the lumbar spine?

A

Iliolumbar Ligament

18
Q

What joint joins the Sacrum to the Coccyx and includes posterior and anterior sacrococcygeal ligaments?

A

Sacrococcygeal Joint

19
Q

What joint is a fibrocartolagious disc that joins the two pubic crests together and doesn’t allow much motion?

A

Pubic Symphysis

20
Q

What joints are in between the Sacrum and the Ilium and don’t allow much motion?

A

Sacroiliac Joints

21
Q

What ligaments span the posterior/superior Iliac spine and blend down across the posterior aspect of the pelvis to attach to the Sacrum and lie deep to the gluteous muscles?

A

Posterior Sacroiliac Ligament

22
Q

What ligament(s) span off the lateral edge of Sacrum and attach to the Ischial Tuberosity?

A

Sacrotuberous Ligament

23
Q

What do the following structures pass through:

Piriformis muscle

Sciatic nerve

8 small structures:
Superior gluteal nerve and artery

Inferior gluteal nerve and artery

Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve

N to Quadratus Femoris

PIN structures:
Pudendal nerve

Internal Pudendal artery (& veins)

Nerve to Obturator Internus

A

Greater Sciatic Foramen

24
Q

What ligament appears in the anterior view of the pelvis and attaches the Sacrum to the spine of the pelvis?

A

Sacrospinous Ligament

25
Q

What nerve is inferior/sometimes pierces through the Piriformis muscle?

A

Sciatic nerve

26
Q

What structures pass through the Greater sciatic foramen?

(1 muscle, 1 nerve, 8 small structures (including 3 PIN structures))

A

Piriformis muscle

Sciatic nerve

8 small structures:
Superior gluteal nerve and artery

Inferior gluteal nerve and artery

Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve

N to Quadratus Femoris

PIN structures:
Pudendal nerve

Internal Pudendal artery (& veins)

Nerve to Obturator Internus

27
Q

What do the following structures pass through:

PIN structures:
Pudendal nerve

Internal Pudendal artery (and veins)

Nerve to Obturator Internus

A

Lesser Sciatic Foramen

28
Q

What structures pass through the Lesser Sciatic Foramen?

A

PIN structures:
Pudendal nerve

Internal Pudendal artery (and veins)

Nerve to Obturator Internus

28
Q

What muscle passes through the Lesser Sciatic Foramen?

A

Obturator Internus Muscle

29
Q

What is a diagnosis when irritation/inflamation to the Sciatic nerve occurs?

A

Sciatica

30
Q

What is a diagnosis when the Piriformis muscle is impacted/there’s a hematoma or a tumor on top of the muscle?

A

Piriformis Syndrome

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