Pelvis And Pelvic Contents

Front 1

What converts the lesser sciatic notch into a foramen?

Back 1

sacrotuberous ligament

Front 2

What converts the greater sciatic notch into a foramen?

Back 2

sacrospinous ligament

Front 3

what muscle travels through lesser sciatic foramen, laterally rotates leg, and inserts to greater trochancter?

Back 3

obturator internus

Front 4

What forms the pelvic diaphragm?

Back 4

levator ani and coccygeus

Front 5

pudendal nerves and vessels

Back 5

travel around pelvic diaphragm

Front 6

what separates the pelvis from the ischiorectal fossa?

Back 6

pelvic diaphragm

Front 7

what passes through greater sciatic foramen?

Back 7

piriformis, sciatic nerve, superior and inferior gluteal vessels and nerves

Front 8

part of levator ani that blends in with fibers of the anal sphincter

Back 8

puborectalis or recto-anal sling

Front 9

levator ani muscle fibers posterior to puborectalis

Back 9

anococcygeal raphe

Front 10

innervation of levator ani

Back 10

S4 - nerve to levator ani
inferior rectal nerve

Front 11

Sciatic nerve divides into...

Back 11

tibial (L4, L5, S1, S2, S3)
common peroneal (L4, L5, S1, S2)

Front 12

superior gluteal nerve

Back 12

L4, 5, S1

Front 13

inferior gluteal nerve

Back 13

L5, S1, S2

Front 14

post. cutaneous nerve of thigh

Back 14

S1, S2, S3

Front 15

pelvic fascia

Back 15

parametrium

Front 16

smooth muscle of bladder

Back 16

detrusor muscle

Front 17

prevents semen reflux during ejaculation

Back 17

sphincter vesicae

Front 18

connect puboprostatic ligament (male) and pubovesical ligament (female) to obturator fascia

Back 18

lateral true ligaments

Front 19

part of prostatic urethra where ejaculatory duct opens

Back 19

colliculus seminalis/verumontanum

Front 20

vas deferens enters peritoneum through...

Back 20

deep inguinal ring

Front 21

prostatic utricle

Back 21

remnant of the paramesonephric duct

Front 22

which uterine ligament contains the uterine vessels?

Back 22

tansverse cervical ligament (base of broad ligament)

Front 23

layers surrounding ovary

Back 23

Germinal epithelium and then tunica albuginea

Front 24

striated muscle fibers of the vagina

Back 24

bulbospongiosus that helps form the sphincter vaginae

Front 25

blood supply of female internal genitalia

Back 25

uterine <internal iliac artery>
vaginal (passes below ureter)
ovarian <aorta>

Front 26

Branches of anterior internal iliac artery

Back 26

superior vesical / umbillical artery
obturator artery
inferior vesical
middle rectal arteries
uterine artery
internal pudendal
inferior gluteal

Front 27

branches of anterior internal iliac artery that leave through the greater sciatic notch below the piriformis

Back 27

internal pudendal and inferior gluteal

Front 28

which artery crosses the spine of the ischium and enters the ischiorectal fossa?

Back 28

internal pudendal

Front 29

three branches of the posterior internal iliac artery

Back 29

iliolumbar artery
lateral sacral
superior gluteal

Front 30

path of lateral sacral artery

Back 30

enters the sacral foramina and supplies contents of sacral canal

Front 31

travels through greater sciatic foramen between lumbosacral trunk and S1

Back 31

superior gluteal artery

Front 32

path of ureter

Back 32

under gonadal vessels, over iliac vessels, runs medially to pass superior to the lateral fornix to enter bladder.

Front 33

Ovarian fossa

Back 33

superior: external iliac vessels
anterior: obliterated umbilical artery
posterior: internal iliac vessels
lateral: obturator nerve and vessels

Front 34

four muscles listed superior to inferior that go to the greater trochanter

Back 34

piriformis
superior gemellus
obturator internus
inferior gemellus

Front 35

blood supply to prostrate

Back 35

inferior vesical
middle rectal
internal pudendal

Front 36

what converges to form ejaculatory duct?

Back 36

vas deferens
seminal vesicles

Front 37

route of internal pudendal artery

Back 37

leave greater sciatic notch under piriformis, crosses the spine of the ischium, and reenters ischiorectal fossa below levator ani

Front 38

route of inferior gluteal artery

Back 38

leaves pelvis between first and second sacral nerves, and enters gluteal region

Front 39

route of iliolumbar arteries

Back 39

climbs over the brim of the pelvis, ascends in front of sacrum and anastamoses with lumbar arteries

Front 40

path of ductus deferens / round ligament of uterus

Back 40

enters deep inguinal ring lateral to the inferior epigastric artery

Front 41

anastamosing arteries that supply area of a blocked internal iliac artery

Back 41

lumbar and iliolumbar
median sacral and lateral sacral
superior rectal and middle rectal
inferior gluteal and deep artery of thigh

Front 42

salpingitis

Back 42

infection of uterine tubes that can cause blockage of tubes

Front 43

collection of pus in uterine tubes

Back 43

pyosalpinx