Unit 2_Pelvis & Lower Limb Flashcards
What joins the axial skeleton to the lower limb?
Pelvic Girdle
What includes the following bones:
2 Coxal (Hip) Bones that make up the Pelvis
Sacrum
Coccyx
Pelvic Girdle
Where are the following palpable posterior bony structures included:
Iliac Crest
Posterior Superior Iliac Spine
Sacrum
Ischial Tuberosity
Intergluteal (Natal) Cleft
Pelvic Girdle
What is the midline space between the gluteal masses on the pelvic girdle?
Intergluteal (Natal) cleft
What are included where the buttocks of the gluteal muscles overhang and join with the posterior thigh?
Clunes
What forms when the Ilium, Ischium and Pubis meet?
A deep dish of the hip joint called the Acetabulum
What is comprised below the Iliopectineal Line?
True, or lesser pelvis
*Includes reproductive structures
What is comprised above the Iliopectineal Line?
False, or greater pelvis
*Includes abdominal contents
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?
Pelvic Outlet
What brachial plexus injury can result in a baby during birth if the width of the pelvis is not large enough in the mother?
Right Shoulder Dystocia
Musculocutaneous C5-C6
What are the following bony prominences included in:
Head (2/3 of a sphere)
Neck
Greater Trochanter
Lesser Trochanter
Intertrochanteric Crest
Proximal Femur
What part of the proximal femur head is not covered in hyaline cartilage?
Fovea Captis
What is the normal angle of inclination of the neck-shaft angle of the proximal femur?
120 degrees - 135 degrees
What is a form of hip dysplasia when the angle of inclination of the proximal femur is <120 degrees?
Coxa Vara
What is a form of hip dysplasia when the angle of inclination of the proximal femur is >135 degrees?
Coxa Valga
What joint includes the Sacrum articulating with the body of L5 and joins the pelvic girdle to the trunk?
Lumbosacral Joint
What ligament joins the Ilium to the lumbar spine?
Iliolumbar Ligament
What joint joins the Sacrum to the Coccyx and includes posterior and anterior sacrococcygeal ligaments?
Sacrococcygeal Joint
What joint is a fibrocartolagious disc that joins the two pubic crests together and doesn’t allow much motion?
Pubic Symphysis
What joints are in between the Sacrum and the Ilium and don’t allow much motion?
Sacroiliac Joints
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?
Posterior Sacroiliac Ligament
What ligament(s) span off the lateral edge of Sacrum and attach to the Ischial Tuberosity?
Sacrotuberous Ligament
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
Greater Sciatic Foramen
What ligament appears in the anterior view of the pelvis and attaches the Sacrum to the spine of the pelvis?
Sacrospinous Ligament
