Research Paper On Pelvis

The pelvis is a bone that is found in both males and female skeletons. Although this bone is found in both sexes, the do differentiate from one another.
The pelvis in a female has a structure built to help the female carry the baby during the pregnancy and during labor, so the pelvis is wider than that of the males. In the male skeleton, the pelvis is taller and narrower. The pelvis in males does have more of a structure to it. It is built to help males carry a heavier weight; therefore, the pelvis has more muscle attachments. Pelvis pathologies vary from bone fractures pertaining to the pelvis or anything around those areas, such as ovarian cancer, ulcers, septate uterus and other deformities. There are many fractures that can be found on an x-ray image as well as in ultrasounds. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a common sexually transmitted disease that is found mostly in females. PID is caused by the spread of bacteria from the cervix area or vagina. …show more content…
PID has symptoms of abdominal pain and abnormal discharge from the vagina. If the PID is advanced than what was thought, you can palpate to feel for an adnexal mass that can be found in the adnexal of the uterus. For this type of disease we would normally use an ultrasound or CT aspiration or drainage to see if there is any tubo-ovarian or pelvic abscess. Most of the time an ultrasound is preferred by the physicians rather than a CT scan because of the radiation exposure that can be caused on the child or adolescent that is being viewed. An ultrasound helps us see the uterus and adnexa, as well as for the fallopian tubes and