Week 1 Anatomy tutorial

Question 1

What is the pelvic inlet defined as?

Answer 1

sacral promontory; alae of sacrum; ilium; pubic crest

Question 2

What forms the linea terminalis?

Answer 2

pubic crest; pectineal line (pubis); arcuate line (ilium)

Question 3

What is the pelvic outlet?

Answer 3

tip of coccyx; inf margin of sacrotuberous lig; ischial tuberosities and pubic arch

Question 4

What is the difference between transverse and AP diameters at the pelvic inlet?

Answer 4

transverse is wider than AP

Question 5

What are hte functions of sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments?

Answer 5

major components of lateral pelvic walls and help define the foramen through which structures pass from the pelvis

Question 6

How is the pudendal nerve related to the sacrospinous ligament?

Answer 6

crosses lateral aspect of the ligament near its attachmetn to the ischial spine

Question 7

What is the vertex?

Answer 7

area of fetal skull outlined by the anterior and posterior fontanelles and the parietal eminences