Pelvic Cavity Flashcards
(30 cards)
What is incomplete anteriorly to allow passage of urethra and vagina?
Levator ani
What are the three muscles that make up levator ani?
Puborectalis
Pubococcygeus
Iliococcygeus
What allows expansion of anal canal during defecation and vagina during birth?
Urogenital Diaphragm
What mm are associated with the perineum?
Sphincter urethrae
Superficial and deep perineal
Ischiocavernosus
Bulbospongiosus
What does the superficial perineal pouch contain?
Bulbospongious mm
Ischiocavernosus mm
Superficial transverse perineal mm
What are the paired genital folds?
Shaft of penis
Labia minora
What are the unpaired genital tubercles?
Glans penis and clitoris
What are the paired genital swellings?
Scrotum and labia majora
Darto’s fascia? (male)
Continuation of Scarpa’s fascia from abdominal cavity extends around scrotum
What fascia is an expansion of fascia of external obliques? (male)
External spermatic fasica
Cremasteric fascia is an expansion of ____ fasica.
Internal obliques
What does the spermatic cord contain?
Vas deferens Testicular artery and vas deferens artery Cremasteric artery Pampiniform plexus Sympathetic fibers Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
What is the largest male accessory gland?
Prostate gland
What secretes alkaline fluid? (male)
Seminal vesicles
What produces mucous like secretion during sexual arousal? (male)
Bulbourethral glands
What paired glands secretes mucous? (female)
Vestibule Greater and lesser
What does the broad ligament do?
Helps suspend the uterus and supports it during pregnancy
Round ligament?
Attaches lateral aspect of uterus to labia majora and passes through inguinal canal
What suspends the ovaries?
Mesovarium
What two reproductively important features does the inguinal canal transmit?
Round ligament to attach uterus to labia majora and the spermatic cord
When does the rectum begin?
S3 and follows curve of sacrum and coccyx
What is the significance of the pectinate line?
Marks the division between visceral and somatic arterial, venous, lymphatic, and nerve supply.
Innervation above the pectinate line is?
ANS
Innervation below the pectinate line is through?
Anococcygeal nerve (PNS Somatic NS)