Chapter 16--- anatomy of the female pelvis

The area located posterior to the broad ligament, adjacent to the uterus, which contains the ovaries and fallopian tubes

Adnexa

Peritoneal outpouching located between the bladder in the uterus AKA vesicouterine pouch

Anterior cul-de-sac

Major abdominal artery responsible for supplying the abdomen, pelvis, and lower extremities with oxygenated blood

Aorta

Peripheral arteries of the uterus that lie at the edge of the myometrium

Arcuate arteries

What are the branches of the uterine artery?

Arcuate artery then to radial arteries then to straight arteries and spiral

Pelvic ligament that extends from the lateral aspect of the uterus to the side walls of the pelvis

Broad ligament

What are double folds of the peritoneum?

Broad ligament, suspensory ligament of the ovary

What ligament extends from the lateral aspect of the uterus to the side walls of the pelvis and supports the uterus, tubes, ovaries?

Broad ligaments

Pelvic ligament that extends from the lateral surface of the cervix to the lateral fornix of the vagina and houses the uterine vasculature

Cardinal ligament

What ligament extends from the lateral surface of the cervix to the lateral fornix of the vagina and supports the cervix?

Cardinal ligament

What house is the vasculature of the uterus?

Cardinal ligaments

Pelvic muscle located posteriorly within the pelvis that helps support the sacrum

Coccygeus

External branches of the common iliac arteries

External iliac arteries

Superior portion of the pelvis

False pelvis

What pelvic muscles are lateral and anterior to iliac crest?

Iliopsoas

False pelvis bilateral muscles located lateral to the uterus and anterior to the iliac crest

Iliopsoas muscle

The innominate bones consist of what?

Ilium, ischium, pubic symphysis

Internal branches of the common iliac arteries

Internal iliac arteries

The right and left uterine arteries are branches of what?

Internal iliac arteries

Imaginary line that separates the true pelvis from the false pelvis

Linea terminalis

What pelvic muscles are lateral to the ovaries?

Obturator internus

Paired pelvic muscles located lateral to the ovaries

Obturator internus muscle

The suspensory ligament of the ovary contains what?

Ovarian artery, ovarian vein, lymphatics, ovarian nerves

Pelvic ligament that provides support to the ovary extends from the ovary to the lateral surface of the uterus

Ovarian ligament

What ligament extends from the ovary to the lateral surface of the uterus and supports ovaries?

Ovarian ligaments

Group of pelvic muscles consisting of the levator Ani and coccygeus muscles that provide support to the pelvic organs

Pelvic diaphragm

What pelvic muscles are inferior near the vagina in transverse?

Pelvic diaphragm which includes levator Ani, coccygeus muscle

What pelvic muscles are posterior?

Piriformis

What muscles can be confused with the ovaries or adnexal Mass?

Piriformis muscle or iliopsoas

Paired pelvic muscles located posteriorly that extends from the sacrum to the femoral greater trochanter

Piriformis muscles

The vagina is positioned where to the urethra?

Posterior

A condition that results from the weakening of the pelvic diaphragm muscles and allows for displacement of the uterus, often through the vagina

Prolapse

Arteries that Supply blood to the deeper layers of the myometrium

Radial arteries

Peritoneal outpouching located between the uterus and rectum AKA posterior cul-de-sac and pouch of Douglas

Rectouterine pouch

What pelvic muscles are anterior?

Rectus abdominis

Paired anterior abdominal muscles that extend from the xiphoid process of the sternum to the pubic bone

Rectus abdominis muscles

What are the muscles visualized on a sonogram?

Rectus abdominis,iliopsoas, obturator internus, piriformis, levator ani, coccygeus

What ligaments extends from the uterine cornua to labia majora between the folds of the broad ligament and support the uterine fundus?

Round ligament

The posterior border of the pelvic cavity is marked by what?

Sacrum and coccyx

What bones Mark the boundaries of the pelvic cavity?

Sacrum, coccyx, and innominate bones

Uterine radial artery branch that supplies blood to the basal layer of the endometrium

Straight arteries

Peritoneal outpouching located between the bladder in the uterus AKA anterior cul-de- sac

Vesicouterine pouch

Hammock shaped pelvis muscle group located between the coccyx and pubis consisting of iliococcygeus, pubococcygeus and puborectalis

levator ani muscles

Extraperitoneal space located between the bladder and symphysis pubis that contains fat

Space of retzius

Coiled arteries that Supply blood to the functional layer of the endometrium

Spiral arteries

Inferior portion of the pelvis that contains the uterus, ovaries, Fallopian tubes, urinary bladder, small bowel, sigmoid colon, and rectum

True pelvis

Branches of the internal iliac artery that supplies blood to the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes

Uterine arteries

What ligament extends from the uterus to the sacrum and supports the uterus?

Uterosacral ligament

Abdominal aortic bifurcation vessels

Common iliac arteries

The boundaries of the female pelvis are considered to be from what?

Iliac crest to a group of muscles known as the pelvic diaphragm located at the base of the pelvis

The Bony pelvis consists of what?

Sacrum, coccyx, innominate bones

The uterine arteries Supply blood to where?

Uterus, Fallopian tubes, ovaries

What ligament extends from the ovaries to the pelvic sidewalls and supports ovaries and tubes?

Suspensory ligament of the ovaries, infundibulopelvic

Pelvic ligament that provides support to the ovary and extends from the ovaries to the pelvic sidewalls

Suspensory ligament of the ovary