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Pelvic Girdle and Hip
Structures in the pelvic girdle.
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Anatomy
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09/13/2009

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Term
What bones make up the pelvis?
Definition
hip bone, sacrum, coccyx
Term
What joins the hip bones anteriorly?
Definition
The pubis symphysis
Term
What joins the hip bones posteriorly?
Definition
sacrum
Term
The joining of the hip bones via the pubic symphysis and the sacrum forms what?
Definition
pelvic girdle
Term
The pelvic girdle articulates with the sacrum at what joint?
Definition
sacroiliac joints
Term
What is the pelvic girdle mainly constructed for?
Definition
resistance to stress
Term
What does the pelvic girdle do?
Definition
Transmits the thrust between vertebral column and lower limbs.
Term
The pelvic girdle transmits the thrust between vertebral column and what?
Definition
lower limbs
Term
The pelvic girdle transmits thrust between the _________________ and lower limbs.
Definition
vertebral column
Term
The pelvis (hip bones, coccyx and sacrum) transmits weight from the __________ skeleton to the _____________ in the standing position.
Definition
axial; lower limbs
Term
The pelvis transmits weight from the ____________ skeleton to the _______________ when sitting.
Definition
axial; ischial tuberosities
Term
The pelvis (hip bones, coccyx, sacrum) provides attachments for what?
Definition
muscles to insert onto and control lower limbs
Term
The pelvis (hip bones, coccyx, sacrum) provides housing for what?
Definition
terminal parts of the digestive tract and urinary tracts and the reproductive systems of males and females.
Term
The reproductive systems are housed where?
Definition
pelvis
Term
The terminal parts of the digestive system are house where?
Definition
pelvis
Term
The terminal parts of the urinary system are housed where?
Definition
pelvis
Term
Muscles that control the lower limbs attach where?
Definition
pelvis
Term
What is heart shaped that is related to the pelvis?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
The pelvic brim contains 7 structures. name them.
Definition
ala of sacrum, sacral promontory, pectineal line, arcuate line, pubic tubercles, pubic crests, pubic symphysis
Term
the pubic tubercles are found on what structure?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
the pubic symphysis is found on what structure?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
The pubic crests are found on what structure?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
The ala of the sacrum are found on what structure?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
the sacral promontory is found on what structure?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
The arcuate lines of ilium are found on what structure?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
The pectineal lines of pubic are found on what structure?
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
The true pelvis lies above/below the pelvic brim.
Definition
below
Term
The false pelvis lies above/below the pelvic brim?
Definition
above
Term
The ____________ separates the true and the false pelvis.
Definition
pelvic brim
Term
The ASIS and pubic tubercle are in what plane?
Definition
vertical
Term
The pubic tubercle and the tip of the coccyx are in what plane?
Definition
horizontal
Term
The __________ and the pubic tubercle are in the same vertical plane.
Definition
ASIS
Term
The ASIS and the _____________ are in the same vertical plane.
Definition
pubic tubercle
Term
The pubic tubercle and the ___________ are in the same horizontal plane.
Definition
tip of the coccyx
Term
The ____________ and the tip of the coccyx are in the same horizontal plane.
Definition
pubic tubercle
Term
What two structures are in the same horizontal plane?
Definition
pubic tubercle and tip of the coccyx
Term
What two structures are in the same vertical plane?
Definition
pubic tubercle and ASIS
Term
The ASIS has what ligament associated with it?
Definition
Inguial
Term
The ASIS has what muscle associated with it?
Definition
sartorius
Term
The pubic tubercle has what ligament associated with it?
Definition
inguinal
Term
What are the three ligaments of the pelvis?
Definition
sacroiliac, sacrospinous, sacrotuberous
Term
A male has a more acute/less acute subpubic angle?
Definition
more acute
Term
a female has a more acute/less acute subpubic angle?
Definition
less acute
Term
A male has a oval/heart shaped pelvic brim?
Definition
heart
Term
a female has a oval/heart shaped pubic brim?
Definition
oval
Term
A male has a broad/narrow pelvic outlet?
Definition
narrow
Term
a female has a broad/narrow pelvic outlet?
Definition
broad
Term
A male has ischial spines that go inward/outward?
Definition
inward
Term
a female has ischial spines that go inward or outward?
Definition
outward
Term
A male has a less curved/more curved sacrum?
Definition
more curved
Term
a female has a less curved/more curved sacrum?
Definition
less curved
Term
a male has a J/L shaped sciatic notch?
Definition
J
Term
A female has a J/L shaped sciatic notch?
Definition
L
Term
A males pelvis is bigger/smaller?
Definition
bigger
Term
A females pelvis is bigger/smaller?
Definition
smaller
Term
A male has an oval/triangular obturator foramen?
Definition
oval
Term
a female has an oval/triangular obturator foramen?
Definition
triangular
Term
A mature hip bone is the large flat bone formed by the fusion of what?
Definition
ilium, ischium, and pubis at the end of the teenage years
Term
The hip bones form the bony connection between what?
Definition
sacrum and femur
Term
The lower part of the ilium forms the upper/lower one fifth/two fifths of the acetabulum.
Definition
upper two fifths
Term
The upper end of the iium is called what?
Definition
the iliac crest
Term
The iliac crest is the upper end of what?
Definition
iiac crest
Term
What are the three surfaces of the ilium?
Definition
gluteal surface
iliac surface (iliac fossa)
sacropelvic surface
Term
What are the three borders of the ilium?
Definition
anterior
posterior
medial
Term
The ischium forms the ______________ part of the hip bone.
Definition
posteroinferior
Term
The posteroinferior part of the hip bone is formed by what?
Definition
ischium
Term
The 2 two fifths of the acetabulum are formed by what?
Definition
ischium and ilium
Term
The pubis forms what?
Definition
the anterior part of the hip bone
Term
The anterior part of the hip bone is formed by what?
Definition
pubis
Term
one fifth of the acetabulum is formed by what?
Definition
pubis
Term
The acetabular notch is bridged by what?
Definition
the transverse ligament
Term
The transverse ligament bridges what?
Definition
the acetabular notch
Term
The margin of the acetabular is deficient inferiorly, this is called what?
Definition
the acetabular notch
Term
The non articular roughened floor is called the what?
Definition
acetabular fossa
Term
The acetabular fossa contains what?
Definition
mass of fat which is lined by synovial membrane
Term
What forms the acetabulum?
Definition
2/5 by ilium
2/5 by ischium
1/5 by pubis
Term
The obturator foramen is closed by what?
Definition
obturator membrane
Term
The only opening in the obturator foramen is what?
Definition
obturator canal
Term
What passes through the obturator canal?
Definition
obturator vessel and nerve
Term
The obturator vessel and nerve pass through what?
Definition
the obturator canal
Term
What forms the lumbosacral plexus?
Definition
anterior rami of spinal nerves T12-S4
femoral nerve
obturator nerve
tibial nerve
common peroneal nerve (superficial and deep)
Term
What are the terminal branches of the lumbosacral plexus?
Definition
femoral nerve
obturator nerve
tibial nerve
common peroneal nerve
Term
What are the collateral branches of the lumbosacral plexus?
Definition
superior gluteal nerve
inferior gluteal nerve
nerve to superior gamellus
nerve to inferior gamellus
nerve to obturator internus
nerve to quadratus femoris
lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
Term
What forms the margin of the greater sciatic foramen?
Definition
greater sciatic notch, parts of the upper border of the sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligament, lateral border of the sacrum, the piriformis passes out of the pelvis through this foramen and separates the foramen into two parts.
Term
What are the structures that pass through the greater sciatic foramen above the piriformis muscle?
Definition
superior gluteal artery, nerve and vein
Term
What are the structures that pass through the greater sciatic foramen below the piriformis?
Definition
sciatic nerve, inf. gluteal nerve, artery and vein, pudendal nerve, internal pudendal artery and vein, posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, nerve to the obturator internus and superior gamellus, nerve to the quadratus femoris and inf gamellus
Term
What is in the lesser sciatic foramen?
Definition
tendon of obturator internus
pudendal nerve
internal pudendal vessels
Term
What is the longest and heaviest bone in the body?
Definition
the femur
Term
The femur is how much of a persons height?
Definition
1/4
Term
The femur consists of what?
Definition
body (shaft) and two ends (superior and inferior)
Term
What does the superior end of the femur consists of?
Definition
head neck and two trochanters
Term
What muscle inserts into the quadrate tubercle?
Definition
quadratus femoris
Term
What is the angle of the head and neck of the femur that depends upon sex?
Definition
115-140 degrees
Term
What connects the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter anteriorly?
Definition
intertrochanteric line
Term
What connects the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter posteriorly?
Definition
intertrochanteric crest
Term
The head of the femur articulates with what?
Definition
acetabulum of the hip bone
Term
What stucture is on the posterior side of the femur?
Definition
linea aspera
Term
The lateral aspect of the linea aspera blends with what?
Definition
the gluteal tuberosity
Term
What does the inferior end of the femur have?
Definition
medial and lateral condyles
Term
The adductor tubercle lies on what structure?
Definition
medial epicondyle
Term
the medial epicondyle lies above what?
Definition
medial condyle
Term
The medial condyle lies below what?
Definition
medial epicondyle
Term
The blood supply to the head of the femur is strong/weak?
Definition
weak
Term
What innervates the femoral head?
Definition
medial circumflex femoral
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