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Title: Cross Sectional Anatomy-Pelvis
Description: Detailed Description of where critical structures and organs are located in the Pelvis. In addition to cross section CT scans and MRIs.
Description: Detailed Description of where critical structures and organs are located in the Pelvis. In addition to cross section CT scans and MRIs.
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Pelvis
Monday, November 28, 2016
2:50 PM
• Bowel: (intestines) long, continuous tube running from the stomach to the anus
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When empty, the bladder is
about the size and shape of a pear
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• Rectum: the concluding part of the large intestine that terminates in the anus
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Its diameter can be compared to that of the sigmoid
colon at its onset
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It forms
a loop that averages about 35-40cm in length
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• Colon, Ascending And Descending:
○ The ascending colon travels up the right side of the abdomen
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• Colon, Transverse: Longest and most moveable part of the colon
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Cross Sectional Anatomy Page 1
Sacrum
• Femoral Head: (head of the femur) the highest part of the thigh bone
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• Iliac crest: the superior border of the wing of ilium and the superolateral margin of the greater pelvis
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• Ischium: forms the lower and back part of the hip hone
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The superior portion of this bone forms approximately
1/3 of the acetabulum
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• Symphysis Pubis: a secondary cartilaginous joints located between the left and right pubic bones near the
midline of the body
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Cross Sectional Anatomy Page 2
midline of the body
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• Acetabulum: a concave surface of the pelvis
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• Obturator Foramen: the large opening created by the ischium and the pubis bones of the pelvis through
which nerves and blood vessels pass
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• Lesser Trochanter of Femur: projects from the lower and back part of the base of the femur neck
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It originates at the back of the ilium below its
crest and stretches downward to the greater trochanter of the femur
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Located deep and
somewhat anterior to the gluteus medius
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○ Maximus: located in the buttocks and is regarded as one of the strongest muscles in the human
body
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Responsible for
movement of the hip and thigh
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It joins the iliacus muscle to form the iliopsoas
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The fibers of this muscle meet and course behind the neck of the
femur, or thigh bone
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• Sacrum: a large wedge shaped vertebra at the inferior end of the spine
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• Coccyx: (tailbone) a small, triangular bone resembling a shortened tail
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Cross Sectional Anatomy Page 4
• Coccyx: (tailbone) a small, triangular bone resembling a shortened tail
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• Uterus: above and behind the bladder, with the cervix protruding into the vagina
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Connected to the uterus via the fallopian tubes
Title: Cross Sectional Anatomy-Pelvis
Description: Detailed Description of where critical structures and organs are located in the Pelvis. In addition to cross section CT scans and MRIs.
Description: Detailed Description of where critical structures and organs are located in the Pelvis. In addition to cross section CT scans and MRIs.