Unit 4_The Pelvic & Viscera

Question 1

What are the pelvic ligaments?

Answer 1

Sacrotuberous Ligament

Posterior Sacroiliac Ligament

Iliolumbar Ligament

Sacrospinous Ligament

Question 2

What do the following muscles compose of the pelvic diaphragm?

Puborectalis

Pubococcygeus

Iliococcygeus

Answer 2

Levator Ani (3 muscles)

Question 3

What muscles form the pelvic floor and are responsible for holding the viscera in and Kegel muscles to stop the flow of urine?

Answer 3

Puborectalis

Pubococcygeus

Iliococcygeus

(Ischio) Coccygeus

Question 4

What covers the levator ani and diaphragm muscles on the pelvic floor from a perineal view?

Answer 4

Fascia

Question 5

What is a fibrous band between the coccyx and anal canal?

Answer 5

Anococcygeal Body

Question 6

What is aponeurosis between the Levator Ani and Obturator Internus?

Answer 6

Tendinous Arch or Arcus Tendineus

Question 7

What surrounds the urethra (allows it to pierce through) to bind things down and give closure?

Answer 7

Urogenital diaphragm

Question 8

What contains Lower Abdominal Viscera?

Answer 8

False Pelvis

Question 9

What contains Pelvic Viscera?

Answer 9

True Pelvis

Question 10

What pelvic structure is common in both genders, sight of storage of fecal matter before it is released via the rectum, is 10-15 Inches, ends at S3, and blood supply is from Inferior Mesenteric Artery?

Answer 10

Sigmoid Colon

Question 11

What pelvic structure is common in both genders, is 5 Inches long, terminates in the Anal Canal-1.5” (starts at the vertical folds of the anal columns, terminates in the Anal Orifice), and includes the pectinate line? It can back up and dehydrate this area (constipation) if you’re not ready to go to the bathroom.

Answer 11

Rectum

Question 12

What supports the holding of the feces in the rectum?

Answer 12

Transverse Rectal Folds (Houston’s valves)

Question 13

What kind of hemorrhoid in the rectal region occurs below the Pectinate Line?

Answer 13

External Hemorrhoid

Question 14

What kind of hemorrhoid in the rectal region occurs above the Pectinate Line?

Answer 14

Internal Hemorrhoid

Question 15

What is a dilation of rectal veins?

Answer 15

Hemorrhoids

Question 16

What pelvic structure is common in both genders, sits posterior to pubic bone, and anterior to Rectum in both genders?

Answer 16

Urinary Bladder

Question 17

What muscle is found in the Urinary Bladder wall?

Answer 17

Detrusor muscle

Question 18

Where are the following viscera structures found?

• Prostate
• Seminal Vesicles
• Ductus (Vas) Deferens
• Urinary Bladder
• Rectum and Anal Canal

Answer 18

In the male pelvic viscera

Question 19

Where do the following empty into in males?

• Ampullae-Ductus Deferens
• Seminal Vesicles with Excretory Ducts
• Ejaculatory Ducts
• Prostatic Ducts

Answer 19

Prostatic Urethra

Question 20

What 3 parts make up the Urethra-8” in adult males?

Answer 20

• Prostatic Urethra
• Membranous Urethra
• Penile (Spongy) Urethra

Question 21

If the prostate gets enlarged, what structures become affected?

Answer 21

Urinary Bladder

Urethra

Rectum

Question 22

Where are the following viscera structures found?

• Uterus
• Broad & Round Ligaments
• Ovaries
• Uterine (Fallopian) Tubes (Oviducts)
• Vagina
• Urinary Bladder
• Rectum and Anal Canal

Answer 22

In the female pelvic viscera

Question 23

What 3 layers make up the uterine wall?

Answer 23

Endometrium

Myometrium

Perimetrium

Question 24

What contains the Uterine Cervix, lies behind the Urinary Bladder & Uretha, lies anterior to the rectum, pierces UG Diaphragm, includes the Vestibule (entrance) and Introitus (opening)?

Answer 24

Vagina-muscular “tube”