Anatomy of Pelvic Side Wall

Question 1

What ligaments make up the lateral pelvic wall?

Answer 1

sacrospinous and sacrotuberous and obturator membraen

Question 2

What muscles make up the lateral pelvic wall?

Answer 2

levator ani; coccygeus; piriformis; obturator internus

Question 3

Where do the majority of arteries of pelvis and perineum arise from?

Answer 3

internal iliac artery

Question 4

What does the gonadal artery arise from?

Answer 4

abdo aorta

Question 5

What level does the gonadal artery branch fro mthe aorta?

Answer 5

L2

Question 6

What is the superior rectal artery a continuation of?

Answer 6

inferior mesenteric

Question 7

What does internal iliac artery bifurcate into?

Answer 7

anterior and posteiorr divisons

Question 8

What is the general rule reagrding the anterior nad posterior divisons of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 8

anterior- usually visceral and posteiror-usually parietal

Question 9

Waht is the median umbilical ligament ?

Answer 9

remnant of the umbilica artery

Question 10

What is the function of the umbilical arery?

Answer 10

connects the internal iliac to the placenta through the umbilical cord

Question 11

What is the name for the inferior vesical artery in females?

Answer 11

vaginal artery

Question 12

What vessesls arise from the anterior divison of the internal ilaic?

Answer 12

obturator; superior and inf. vesical arteries; internal pudendal; middle rectal

Question 13

What arteries arise from the posteiror divison?

Answer 13

gluteal arteries

Question 14

What is found within the lateral umbilical fold?

Answer 14

inferior epigastric vessels

Question 15

What is the difference between the medial umbilical fold and the median umbilical fold?

Answer 15

medial umbilical fold is a remnant of hte umbilical artery whereas the median umbilical fold is derived from the urachus

Question 16

What si the urachus

Answer 16

fibrou remnant of hte allantois, a structure which drains the urinary bladder of the fetus and drains it though the umbilical cord

Question 17

What does the anteiror scrotal artery come from?

Answer 17

external iliac

Question 18

What are the terminating branches of the internal pudendal in males?

Answer 18

dorsal artery and deep artery of penis

Question 19

What artery is the posteiror scrotal artery a continuation of?

Answer 19

perineal artery

Question 20

What is the uterine artery a homolog of ?

Answer 20

artery to the vas deferens

Question 21

Which arteries in the female anastamose together?

Answer 21

uterine artery; vaginal artery and ovarian artery

Question 22

What are the 2 branches of hte ovarian artery?

Answer 22

ovarian and tubal branches

Question 23

What artery is the perineal artery a branch of?

Answer 23

internal pudendal

Question 24

What artereis a continuation of the pernieal artery?

Answer 24

labial arteries

Question 25

Waht are the terminating arteries of the internal pudendal in the female?

Answer 25

labial arteries and dorsal artery of clitoris

Question 26

What is the main vneous draininage in the pelvis?

Answer 26

internal iliac vein

Question 27

What is the otehr venous drainage of hte pelvis aside from the internal iliac vein?

Answer 27

superior rectal---hepatic portal system; lateral sacral veins--internal vertebral venous plexus

Question 28

Why does ureter damage occur more on the left than the right?

Answer 28

right is constant and usually crosses the external ilaic whereas the left ismore medial and crosses the common iliac

Question 29

Where do superior pelvic viscera generally drain lympahtics to?

Answer 29

external iliac nodes

Question 30

Where does the inferior pelvic viscera drain its lymphatics?

Answer 30

internal iliac nodes

Question 31

Where does lymphatics travel after the internal iliac nodes?

Answer 31

common iliac--aortix--thoracic duct--venous system

Question 32

Where does lymph from the superificial perineum drain?

Answer 32

superficial inguinal nodes

Question 33

Where does lymph from the clitoris and glans penis drain?

Answer 33

deep inguinal nodes

Question 34

Where does lymph from the rest of hte penis (not glans) drain?

Answer 34

superifical inguinal nodes

Question 35

What do nerves on the lateral wall of the pelvis generally supply?

Answer 35

lower limb

Question 36

How does venous drainage of the pelvis generally work?

Answer 36

follow the arteries and are named similarly