GLUTEAL REGION

Question 1

What is another name for the pelvic girdle?

Answer 1

Bony pelvis or os coxae

Question 2

What is the primary function of the bony pelvis?

Answer 2

Protects the distal part of the intestinal and urinary tracts and the internal genital organs

Question 3

List the bones that make up the pelvic girdle.

Answer 3

• Ilium
• Ischium
• Pubis
• Sacrum
• Coccyx

Question 4

What part of the hip bone is the ilium?

Answer 4

The superior, flattened, fan-shaped part of the hip bone

Question 5

What prominent landmarks are found on the ilium?

Answer 5

• Iliac crest
• Anterior superior iliac spine

Question 6

What is the ischium?

Answer 6

Inferioposterior part of the pelvic girdle

Question 7

What does the body of the ischium help to form?

Answer 7

Acetabulum

Question 8

What is the pubis?

Answer 8

The anterioinferior portion of the pelvic girdle

Question 9

What structure does the pubis form in the hip joint?

Answer 9

Pubic symphysis

Question 10

What is the sacrum?

Answer 10

A large, triangular bone located at the base of the spine

Question 11

How many sacral vertebrae fuse to form the sacrum?

Answer 11

Five sacral vertebrae

Question 12

What are the parts of the sacrum?

Answer 12

• Base
• Apex
• Pelvic surface
• Dorsal surface
• Lateral surfaces

Question 13

What is the coccyx commonly referred to as?

Answer 13

Tailbone

Question 14

How many fused coccygeal vertebrae typically make up the coccyx?

Answer 14

Four fused coccygeal vertebrae

Question 15

What are the four articulations within the pelvis?

Answer 15

• Sacroiliac joints
• Sacrococcygeal symphysis
• Pubic symphysis

Question 16

What is the greater pelvis?

Answer 16

False pelvis located superiorly, providing support to lower abdominal viscera

Question 17

What is the lesser pelvis?

Answer 17

True pelvis located inferiorly, containing the pelvic cavity and viscera

Question 18

What is the pelvic inlet?

Answer 18

The junction between the greater and lesser pelvis

Question 19

What is the primary arterial supply to the pelvic girdle?

Answer 19

Internal iliac artery

Question 20

List the main arteries branching from the internal iliac artery supplying the pelvic girdle.

Answer 20

• Superior Gluteal Artery
• Inferior Gluteal Artery
• Internal Pudendal Artery
• Obturator Artery

Question 21

What is the primary venous drainage of the pelvic girdle?

Answer 21

Internal iliac vein

Question 22

What provides the innervation of the pelvic girdle?

Answer 22

Lumbosacral plexus

Question 23

What are the main functions of the pelvis?

Answer 23

• Transfer of weight
• Provides attachment for muscles and ligaments
• Contains and protects abdominopelvic and pelvic viscera

Question 24

What is the gluteal region?

Answer 24

Located posterioinferiorly to the trunk, a transitional zone between trunk and limb

Question 25

What are the two divisions of gluteal muscles?

Answer 25

* Superficial gluteal muscles * Deep gluteal muscles

Question 26

What is the largest and most superficial gluteal muscle?

Answer 26

Gluteus Maximus

Question 27

What is the action of the gluteus medius?

Answer 27

Abduction and medial rotation of the lower limb

Question 28

What is the origin of the tensor fascia lata?

Answer 28

Anterior iliac crest

Question 29

What is the innervation of the piriformis muscle?

Answer 29

Nerve to piriformis

Question 30

What is the function of the quadratus femoris?

Answer 30

Lateral rotation

Question 31

What is the clinical significance of damage to the superior gluteal nerve?

Answer 31

Can be detected through a Trendelenburg sign

Question 32

What condition involves inflammation or degeneration of the tendons of the gluteal muscles?

Answer 32

Gluteal Tendinopathy

Question 33

True or False: The greater pelvis has significant obstetric relevance.

Answer 33

False