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anatomically, where is the pelvis?
the pelvic is the space or compartment surrounded by the pelvic girdle (bony pelvis), part of the appendicular skeleton of the lower limb
what is the perineum?
refers both to the area of the surface of the trunk between the thighs and the buttocks
- extending from the coccyx to the pubis
- also includes the anus and external genitalia
what the function of the greater pelvis?
protection to the inferior abdominal viscera
what is the function of the lesser pelvis?
provides the skeletal framework for both the pelvic cavity and ther perineum compartments of the trunk
describe the pelvis externally
covered or overlapped by the inferior anterlolateal abdominal walls anteriorly, the gluteal region of the lower limb posterolaterally and the perineum inferiorly
what is the pelvic girdle?
a basin shaped ring of bones that connects the vertebral column to the two femurs
what are the functions of the primary functions of the pelvic girdle?
1. bear the weight of the upper body
2. transfer the weight from the axial to the lower appendicular skeleton
3. provide attachment for the powerful muscles of locomotion and posture
what are the secondary functions of the pelvic girdle?
a. contain and protect the pelvic viscera
b. provide support for the abdominopelvic viscera
c. protect inferior abdominal viscera (intestines)
d. provide attachment for the erectile bodies
e. provide attachment for the muscles and membranes
what are the bones of the pelvic girdle?
Right hip bone
Left hip bone
Sacrum
What bones form the right and left hip bone?
ilium
ischium
pubis
what are the two parts to the ilium?
ala
body
what is the ala of the ilium?
the wing of the ilium
what does the body help form?
acetabulum
what is the iliac crest?
the curve the follows the ala between the anterior and posterior iliac spines
what forms the iliac fossa?
the anteromedial concave surface of the ala
what does the sacropelivc surface feature?
auricular surface
iliac tuberosity
what makes of the ischium?
body
ramus
what does the body of the ischium help form?
acetabulum
what does the ramus help form?
the obturator foramen
what is the ischial tuberosity?
large posteroinferior protuberance of the ischiam
what is the ischial spine?
small pointed posteromedial projection near the junction of the ramus and the body
what structure lies between the ischial body and the lesser sciatic notch?
the iliac spine
which structure lies between the ischial body and the posterior inferior iliac spine?
greater sciatic notch
what is the large posteroinferior protuberance of the ischium called?
iliac tuberosity
what structure lies between the ischial spine and the ischial tuberosity?
lesser sciatic notch
the greater sciatic notch is superior to which structure?
the ischial body
which part of the ischium is partly formed by the ilium?
the greater sciatic notch
what does the pubis consist of?
superior pubis rami
inferior pubis rami
what part of the pubis helps form the acetabulum?
superior pubis rami
what part of the pubis helps form the obturator foramen?
inferior pubis rami
what is the thickening of the anterior part of the body of the pubis called?
pubic crest
what structure ends laterally as a prominent knob or swelling of the pubic crest?
pubic tubercle
what is the oblique ridge of the lateral part of the superior pubic ramus?
pecten pubis
what muscle attaches the pubic ramus to the femur?
pectineus
what separates the greater and lesser pelves?
pelvic inlet/ superior pelvic aperature
what is the bony edge surrounding and defining the pelvic inlet?
pelvic brim
what forms the pelvic brim?
promontory and ala of sacrum
right and left linea terminalis
what structure is formed by promontory and ala of sacrum, right and left linea terminalis?
pelvic brim
what structure is formed by arcuate line on the inner surface of the ilium, pectin pubis and pubic crest?
linea terminalis
what structure is formed by the ischiopubis rami of the two sides?
pubic arch
what is formed by the meeting of the two pubic rami as they meet at the pubic arch?
subpubic angle
what determines the subpubic angle?
distance between the right and the left ischial tuberosities
what structure is bound by the pubic arch anteriorly, ischial tuberosities laterally, inferior margin of the sacrotuberous ligament posterlaterally and posteriorly by the tip of coccyx?
pelvic outlet
the pelvic outlet is formed by?
the pubic arch anteriorly, ischial tuberosities laterally, inferior margin of the sacrotuberous ligament posterlaterally and posteriorly by the tip of coccyx
what is bound by the iliac alae posterolaterally and anterosuperior aspect of s1 vertebra posteriorly?
greater pelvis
what is occupied by abdominal viscera?
greater pelvis
what is located between the pelvic inlet and pelvic outlet?
lesser pelvis
what is bound by the pelvic surfaces of the hip, bones and coccyx?
lesser pelvis
what are the differences between the male and female pelves?
male pelvis:
pelvic girdle is heavier/thicker;
subpubic angle is less than 70 degrees;
pelvic inlet is heart shaped and narrow;
greater sciatic notch is less than 70 degrees;
obturator foramen is round.
female pelvic:
pelvic girdle is wider, shallower;
large pelvic inlet;
pelvic inlet is oval and rounded;
greater sciatic notch is approx 90 degrees;
subpubic angle is greater than 80 degrees;
obturator formamen is oval
what type of pelvis is the normal type of pelvis for females?
gynecoid
what type of pelvis in a woman may present hazards to a successful vaginal delivery to a fetus?
android
in forensic science, what is used to determine the sex of a body?
pelvis
what is measured by palpating the sacral promontory with the tip of the middle finger, using the other hand to mark the level of the inferior margin of the pubic symphysis on the examining hand?
diagonal conjugate
what should be the measured distance to estimate the true conjugate?
11cm
what is the narrowest part of the pelvic canal formed by the ischial spines?
interspinous distance
what is the approximate distance of the interspinous distance?
4 in or 10 cm
what type of fracture is an anterposterior compression of the pelvis that occurs during car accidents?
pelvic fracture
what type of fracture commonly produces fracture of the pubic rami?
pelvic fracture
in which direction are the acetabulum and ilia compressed toward each other and may be broken?
laterally
what fractures are almost always multiple fractures or a fracture combined with a joint dislocation?
Fractures of the bony pelvic ring
Forces transmitted from lower limbs during falls on the feet cause what?
Pelvic fractures
What are weak areas of the pelvis?
Pubic rami
Acetabulum
Region of the sacroiliac joints
Alae of the ilium
What may be ruptured and torn during pelvic fractures?
Urinary bladder and urethra
At what age may an individuals acetabulum be fractured through the tritadiate cartilage into its three developmental parts.
Less than 17
What are primary joints of the pelvic girdle?
Sacroiliac joints
Pubic symphysis
What joints are directly related to the pelvic girdle?
Lumbrosacral joint
Sacrococcygeal joint
What are joints and ligaments of the pelvic girdle?
Lumbosacral joint
Sacroiliac joint
Sacrococcygeal joint
Pubic symphysis
What joint is between the L5 vertebra and the base of the the sacrum?
Lumbosacral joint
What joint is joined by an intervertebral disk and supported by the iliolumbar ligaments?
Lumbosacral joint
What is a defect allowing part of the vertebral arch to be separated from its body?
Spondylolysis
What is the process of separation of the vertebral body from part of its vertebral arch beating the inferior articular processes?
Spondylolysis of the L5 vertebra
The process do sliding of the body of the L5 vertebrae anteriorly on the sacrum is that it overlaps the sacral promontory?
Spondylolisthesis
What may cause compression of spinal nerves that causes low back pain or lower limb pain?
Intrusion of the L5 body into the pelvic inlet
What type of MRI would be used to verify an intrusion of the L5 body into the pelvic inlet?
Sagittal
What type of the into is the sacroiliac joint?
Synovial joint
What is an irregular plane type joint between the articular surfaces of the sacrum and ilium?
Sacroiliac joint
What joint is covered by cartilage and is supported by the anterior, posterior, and interosseous sacroiliac ligaments?
Sacroiliac joint
What joint transmits the weight of the body to the hip bone?
Sacroiliac joint
What transforms the sciatic notch of the hip bone into a large sciatic foramen?
Sacrotuberous ligament
What lies between sacrum and coccyx to the ischial spine, further subdividing this foramen into greater and lesser sciatic foramina?
Sacrospinious ligament
What is a cartilaginous or fibrocartilaginous joint between the pubic bones in the median plane?
Pubic symphysis
What joint consists of a fibrocartilaginous interpubic disc and surrounding ligaments?
Pubic symphysis
In which is the fibrocartilaginous interpubic disk (fid) larger?
Women
What connects the superior aspects of the pubic symphysis?
Superior pubic ligament
What forms the apex of the pubic arch?i
Inferior (arcuate) pubic ligament
What is a cartilaginous joint between the sacrum and coccyx?
Sacrococcygeal joint
What joint is reinforced by the anterior, posterior, and lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments?
Sacrococcygeal joint
What increases in size of females during pregnancy?
Interpubic disks
What causes the pelvic ligaments to relax during the latter half of pregnancy?
Relaxin
How much of an increase in diameters is permitted by the relaxation of sacroiliac joints and the public symphysis for passage of the fetus through the pelvic canal?
10-15%
What diameter remains unaffected?
True (conjugate) diameter tween the sacral promontory and posterosuperior aspect of pubic symphysis
What causes the change in the center of gravity?
Relaxation of sacroiliac ligaments causes the relaxation of the sacroiliac joint
What contains the terminal parts of the ureters and the urinary bladder?
Pelvic cavity
What contains the rectum?
Pelvic cavity
What contains the pelvic genital organs?
Pelvic cavity
What contains loops of the small intestines, mainly the ileum?
Pelvic cavity
What contains the large intestines (appendix and transverse and/or sigmoid colon)?
Pelvic cavity
What is limited inferiorly by the musculofascial pelvic diaphragm?
Pelvic cavity
What is suspended above the pelvic outlet, forming a bowl-like pelvic floor?
Musculofascial pelvic diaphragm
What is limited posteriorly by the coccyx and inferiormost sacrum?
Pelvic cavity
What forms the roof over the posterior half of the pelvic cavity?
Superior part of sacrum
What forms the anteroinferior wall of the pelvic cavity?
The bodies if the public bones and the pubic symphysis
What has an anteroinferior wall, two lateral walls, a posterior wall and a floor?
Pelvic cavity
What is formed primarily by the bodies and the rami of pubic bones and the public symphysis?
Anteroinferior pelvic wall
What participates in beating the weight of thine urinary bladder?
Anteroinferior pelvic wall
What is formed by the right and left hip bones?
Lateral pelvic wall
What covers and pads most of the lateral pelvic walls?
Fleshy attachments of the obdurate internus
What converges posteriorly, becomes tendinitis, and turns sharply laterally to pass from the lesser pelvis through the lesser sciatic foramen to attach to the heater trochanter of the femur?
Obturator internus muscle
What wall consists of a bony wall, musculoligamentous posterolateral walls and piriformis muscles?
Posterior wall of pelvic cavity
What is formed by the anterior sacroiliac, saris pinkos and sacristy erode ligaments and piriformis muscles?
Musculoligamentous posterolateral wall
What muscles arise from the superior sacrum, lateral to its pelvic foramina?
Piriformis muscles
What muscles pass laterally, leaving the lesser pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen to attach to the superior border of the heater trochanter of the femur?
Piriformis muscles
What us formed by the bowl- or funnel- shaped pelvic diaphragm?
Pelvic floor
What consists of the coccygeus and legato rani muscles and the fascias covering the superior and inferior aspects of these muscles?
Pelvic diaphragm
What separates the pelvic cavity from the perineum?
Pelvic diaphragm
What lining of the abdominal cavity continues inferiorly into the pelvic cavity but does not reach the pelvic floor?
Parietal peritoneum
Except for the ovaries and the uterine tubes, what are not completely end heather by the peritoneum?
Pelvic viscera
What are intraperitoneal and suspended by a mesentery?
Uterine tubes
What are covered by a special, relatively dull epithelium of cuboidal cells?
Ovaries
What are suspended in the peritoneal cavity by a mesentery?
Ovaries
What allows for the bladder to expand between the abdominal transversalis fascia and the parietal peritoneum of the inferior part of the anterior abdominal wall?
Loose connective tissue
What is characteristic of the region superior to e bladder?
Only site where the parietal peritoneum is not firmly bound to the underlying structures
What is a depression formed where the peritoneum reflects onto the superior surface of the bladder?
Supervesical fossa
What creates a paravesicalar fossae on each side of bladder in a female?
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What reflects from the bladder roof onto the body of the uterus forming vesicouterine pouch in a female?
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What covers the body and fungus f the uterus and posterior fornix of vagina in a female
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What extends laterally from uterus as double fold or mesentery broad ligament that engulfs uterine tubes, ovaries, and round ligament of uterus in a female?
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What forms a rectouterine pouch of Douglas?
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What extends laterally and posteriorly to form para recital fossae on each side of rectum?
Rectouterine pouch of douglas
What engulfs the sigmoid colon beginning at recto sigmoid junction in a female?
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What is the lowest portion of the peritoneal cavity?
Ecto uterine pouch
What can collect fluid and cells from peritoneal cavity?
Ecto uterine pouch?
What is aspiration of fluid from the cul de sac of douglas by a needle puncture of the posterior vaginal fornix near the midline between the uterosacral ligaments?
Culdocentesis
A 29 year old woman with a. Ruptured ectopic pregnancy is admitted to a hospital for culdocentesis. A long needle on the syringe is most efficiently inserted through which of the following structures?
Posterior fornix of the vagins
What is a double peritoneal fold that extends between the uterus and the lateral pelvic wall on each side, forming a partition that separates the paravesical fossae and paratectal fossae on each side?
The broad ligament of the uterus
What separates the paravesical fossae and paratectal fossae?
The broad ligament of the uterus
What descends in the posterior surface oh bladder as much as 2 cm in males?
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What folds over the ureters, ductus deferans and superior ends of seminal glands?
Ureteric fold
What extends laterally and posteriorly to form the paratectal fossae on each side of the rectum in males?
Rectovesical pouch
What is sub peritoneal and then retro peritoneal in males?
Rectum
What engulfs the sigmoid colon beginning at the rectosigmoid junction in males?
Peritoneal Perimetrium
What is regarded as the male equivalent of the bread ligament?
Ureteric fold
What separates the paravesical and paratectal fossae in males?
Ureteric fold
What commonly covers the superior ends or superior posterior surfaces of the seminal glands and ampullae of the ductus deferns?
Peritoneum
What connective tissue occupies the space between the membranous peritoneum and the muscular pelvic walls and flor not occupied by the pelvic viscera?
Pelvic fascia
What are the two types of pelvic fascia?
Membranous Pelvic Fascia
Endopelvic Fascia
How many parts does the membranous pelvic fascia have?
2
What are the two type of membraneous pelvic fascia?
Parietal
Visceral
What is a membranous layer of variable thickness that lines the inner aspect of the muscles forming the walls and floor of the pelvis?
Parietal part
What covers the pelvic surfaces of the obituary or internus, piriformis, coccygeus, levator ani and part of the urethral sphincter muscles?
Parietal part
What is a continuous bilateral band running from the pubis to the sacrum along the pelvic floor adjacent to the viscera?
Tendinous arch of pelvic fascia
What connects the prostate to the pubis in the male?
Puboprostatic ligament
What connects funded of the bladder to the pubis in the female?
Puboprostatic ligament
What attaches the prostate in males or the vagina in females to the scrotum around the side of the rectum?
Sacrogenital ligaments
What is the abundant connective tissue remaining between the parietal and visceral membranous layers?
Extraperitoneal or subperitoneal Endopelvic fascia
What is the purpose of the presence of theme loose connective tissue in the space between the pubis and the bladder anteriorly and between the sacrum and the rectum posteriorly?
Accommodate the expansion of the urinary bladder and rectal ampulla as they fill
What is the hypogastric sheath?
The passage to essentially all the vessels and nerves passing from the lateral wall of the pelvis to the pelvis viscera, along with the ureters and in the male the ductus deferns
What is known as the lateral cervical or mackenrodt ligament?
Transverse cervical (cardinal) ligament
The passes immediately inferior to the uterine arteries on each side of the cervix heading anteriorly toward the bladder?
Ureters
What is the function if the perineal muscles?
To provide dynamic support for the uterus by contracting during moments of increased intro-abdominal pressure (sneezing, coughing, etc)
What are he two pathways from the pelvis into the gluteal region and perineum?
Greater sciatic notch and greater sciatic foramen
Lesser sciatic notch and lesser sciatic foramen
What is located above the pelvic diaphragm?
Pelvic cavity
What is located below the pelvic diaphragm?
Perineum
What are he boundaries of the pelvic cavity?
Posterior wall- sacrum and piriformis
Lateral wall - hip bones below the iliopectineal line and obturator internus
Anterior wall - pubis and public symphysis
Interior wall - muscular pelvic diaphragm (levator ani + coccygeus muscle)
What is the triangular muscle of the pelvic wall?
Piriformis
What stretches from the ventral surface of sacrum to the greater trochanter of femur?
Piriformis
What separates the greater sciatic foramen into regions?
Piriformis
What nerves innervate the piriformis?
Ventral rami of (L5) S1-S2 spinal nn.
What is the flat, fan shaped muscle of the pelvic wall?
Obturator internus
What stretches from obturator membrane to greater trochanter of femur?
Obturator internus
What passes throb the lesser sciatic foramen?
Obturator internus
What nerve inter ages the obturator internus?
N. To obturator internus (L5-S1)
What muscles make up the levator ani?
Puborectalis
Pubococcygeus
Iliococcygeus
What nerve innervates the pelvic diaphragm?
Ventral rami of (S2) S3-S4
What supports the abdominopelvic viscera?
Levator ani
What are the functions of the levator ani?
Actively contract during forced expiration, coughing, sneezing, vomiting, and fixation of trunk during strong movements of upper limbs
What maintains fecal continence immediately after rectal filling, and during peristalsis?
Puboerectalis
What relaxes during urination and defecation?
Levator ani
What surrounds and supports the urethra, vagina, and anal canal?
Pubococcygeus
What is the result of weak or damaged...?
Urinary stress incontinence
What are the unisex organs of the pelvis?
Ureter
Bladder
Urethra
Rectum
What type of muscle is the external anal sphincter?
Striated
What kind of muscle is the internal anal sphincter?
Smooth
What attaches the body of the uterus to the lateral pelvic wall?
Broad ligament
What attaches the uterine body to the labium majus?
Round ligament (remnant of gubernaculum)
What connects the ovary to the lateral pelvic wall?
Suspenseful ligament of ovary
What connect the uterus to the ovary?
Utero-ovarian ligament
What connects the ovary to uterus (broad ligament)?
Mesovarium
What connects the mesovarium to the uterine tube?
Mesosalpinx
What connects the cervix to the lateral pelvic wall?
Cardinal ligament = transverse cervical ligament
The ductus deferans are also known as...
Vas deferans
What is the total length of seminiferous tubules?
200-400 meters (1000 feet)
What is the daily sperm production?
~ 100 mil to 150 mil
How much sperm is ejaculated?
80-800 mil
What is the length of the epididymis ?
6 m or 20 ft
What is located in the perineum, but not the pelvis in makes?
Bulbourethral gland
Sphincter urethrae
What are the three differ et directions of force in pelvic fractures?
Lateral compression
Anteroposterior compression
Vertical shear forces
What is caused by heavy impact to the groin (pubis)?
Open book fracture
What causes the a-p separation of pelvis bones?
Open book fracture
What hasa. High mortality rate, owing to increased rate of infection and rupture of blood vessel?
Open book fracture
What is a common motorcycling accident?
Open book fracture
What is common in sides impact automobile accidents and pedestrian injuries?
Lateral compression
What can internally rotate the pelvis?
lateral compression fracture
What can cause an anterior fracture of pubic rami?
Lateral Compression fracture
What causes the disruption of ligaments/bones for. Shear force injury?
Lateral compression fracture
What is involved in an unstable pelvic fractures?
Posterior sacroiliac. Complex
What fracture can cause partial or complete disruption of the posterior sacroiliac joint
Unstable pelvic fracture
What is caused by an unstable pelvic hip fracture?
Rotation and vertical instability of hip
Automobile accidents, fall from a height or sever compression can cause:
Unstable pelvic fractures
What is the perineum?
The diamond shaped space inferior to pelvic diaphragm?
What are subdivisions of the perineum?
Anal triangle -posterior
Urogenital triangle - anterior
What are the boundaries of the perineum?
Anterior -pubic symphysis
Posterior - coccyx
Lateral - ischial tuberosity
Lateral margins - ischiopubic rami (a), sacrotuberous (p)
Roof - levator ani
What has a free posterior border that attaches medially to perineal body and laterally to pubic arch?
Perineal membrane
What does the deep perineal pouch contain?
Skeletal muscles, nerves and blood vessels
What is pierced by urethra in both sexes and vagina in females?
Perineal membrane
What are the boundaries of the anal triangles?
Ischial tuberosity - a
Coccyx - p
Sacrotuberous ligament - lateral
Levator ani - roof
Where is the ischio anal fossa?
In the anal triangle
Located between ischiopubic rami and rectum/anal canal
What is the medial wall of the ischio anal fossa?
Levator ani
What is the lateral wall of the ischio anal fossa?
Ischium, obturator internus, sacrotuberous ligament
What are boundaries of the urogenital triangle?
Lateral - ischiopubic rami
Posterior - ischial tuberosity
Anterior - Pubic symphysis
Roof - levator ani
What are the contents of the deep perineal pouch?
Bulbourethral glands of Cowper - male
Sphincter urethrae - male and females
Sphincter urethrovaginalis - female
What are the contents of the superficial perineal pouch?
Superficial transverse perineum m
Greater vestibular gland of bartholin - female
External genitalia and associated muscles
Branches of pudendal n. And internal pudendal a/v
What three structures form the urogenital triangle?
External genitalia
Corpus cavernosum
Corpus spongiosum
What does the external genitalia consist of?
Right and left crus which is surrounded by ischicavernosus muscle
What makes up the corpus cavernosum?
Body of penis
Body and glans of clitoris
Which are surrounded by the bulbospongiosus muscle
What makes up the corpus spongiosum?
Body and glans of penis
Which muscles are contained in the superficial perineal pouch?
Ischiocavernosus - crura penis/clitorus
Bulbospongiosus - bulbs of vestibule (female) or corpus spongiosum (male)
Superficial transverse perineum m.
What nerve innervates the ischicavernosus, bulbospongiosus, and superficial transverse perneus?
Pudendal n. (S2-S4)
What is the function of the ischiocavernosus?
Move blood from crura into the body of the erect penis/clitoris
What moves blood from attached part of penis/clitoris to glands and removes residual urine from urethra after urination and pulsatile emission of semen during ejaculation?
Bulbospongiosus
What stabilizes the perineal body?
Superficial transverse perineus
What is covered by the ischiocavernosus m.?
Corpus cavernosum
What is the dorsal parts of the penile shaft?
Corpus cavernosum
What encloses the urethra?
Corpus spongiosum
What is the ventral part of the penile shaft?
Corpus spongiosum
What tissue is covered by the bulbospongiosus ?
Corpus spongiosum
What is formed by paired corpora cavernosa and single corpus spongiosum?
Penis
What is formed by two crura and bulb of penis?
Root of penis
What is formed by free parts of corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum?
Body of penis
In which direction diesel corpus spongiosum expand to form glans of penis?
Distally
What covers the dorsal part of the clitoral body?
Corpus cavernosum
What joins anteriorly together to form the glans clitoridis?
Corpus cavernosum
What is I covered by the bulbospongiosum muscle?
Bulb of vestibule
What is formed by paired corpora cavernosa and glans clitoridis?
Clitoris
What is formed by two crura?
Root of clitoris
What is formed by free parts of the corpora cavernosa a female?
clitoris
What are not part of the root, body of clitoris and gland clitoridis?
Bulbs of vestibule
What artery supplies the perineum?
Internal pudenal artery
What nerve supplies the skin if the penis and scrotum, or of clitoris and labia majora?
External pudendal artery
What artery supples the anal canal?
Inferior rectal
What artery supplies the structures inferior to perineal membrane?
Perineal artery
What artery is the continuation of internal pudendal a after it's perineal branch?
Artery of penis
What artery supplies the bulb of the penis?
Artery of bulb
What artery supplies the crus of penis and corpus cavernosum?
Deep artery of penis
What artery supplies non erectile tissues of penis and glans penis?
Dorsal artery of penis
What artery is the continuation of internal pudendal artery after it's perineal branch in a female?
Artery of clitoris
What supplies the bulb of the vestibule?
Artery of bulb
What supplies the crus of clitoris and corpus clitoridis?
Deep artery of clitoris
What supplies non erectile tissue of clitoris and glans clitoridis?
Dorsal artery of clitoris
What vein does not have a corresponding artery?
Deep dorsal vein
What vein runs along the dorsal midline between dorsal artery of penis/clitoris?
Deep dorsal vein
All of the following statements concerning the pelvic cavity are correct except:
The musculofascial pelvic diaphragm closes the pelvic inlet
What drains glans and corpora cavernosa of phallus?
Deep dorsal vein
All of the following bones contribute to the formation of the pelvic cavity except
Coccyx
Which of the following structures is located between the ischial spine and the ischial tuberosity?
Lesser sciatic notch
The lateral part of the superior ramus of the pubis forms which of the following structures?
Pectin pubis
All of the following provide boundaries for the pelvic inlet except
Inferior ramus of the pubis
Where does the perineum lymphatic drainage occur?
Internal iliac nodes
Where does the lymph from the superficial penis, clitoris, scrotum and labia majora drain
Superficial inguinal nodes
Where does the lymph for the glans penis, gland clitoridis, labia minora and terminal inferior end of vagina?
Deep inguinal nodes and external iliac nodes.
Where does the lymph for. The testes drain to?
Lateral aortic and pre aortic nodes?
What are caused by enlarged sub mucosal veins"
Ano-rectal hemorrhoids?
What is a common cause for passing blood during and after defecation?
Ano-rectal hemorrhoids
the uvula of the bladder is located in which of the following locations?
trigone of the bladder
parasymp fibers to the bladder are derived from which of the following nerves?
pelvic splanchnic
which of the following parts of the male urethra is the widest and most dilatable?
prostatic
which of the following structures opens into the prostatic sinus?
prostatic ductules
The paraurethral glands open into what structure?
prostate
Seminal vesicles do not empty where?
bulbourethral glands