PELVIS AND PERINEUM

In the male pelvic diaphragm, which three muscles are identified as parts of the levator ani muscle?

What is the approximate measurement of the transverse diameter of the female pelvic inlet?

Which ligament attaches to the ischial spine and separates the greater sciatic foramen from the lesser sciatic foramen?

In the female pelvis, what structure passes through the deep and superficial perineal spaces and is located just inferior to the pubic symphysis?

What is the relationship between the true conjugate and the diagonal conjugate of the pelvic inlet?

Which landmark is used to identify the location of the spinoumbilical line for McBurney's point?

What structure is formed by the tendinous arch of the levator ani muscle?

In a superior view of the female pelvic contents, what ligament is seen extending anterolaterally from the uterus towards the deep inguinal ring?

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of the male pelvis when compared to the female pelvis?

The piriformis muscle, a key landmark in the gluteal region, exits the pelvis through which foramen?

Which two bones articulate at the sacroiliac joint?

In the inferior view of the male pelvic diaphragm, the circular muscle layer and conjoined longitudinal muscle are identified as forming what structure?

What is the collective term for the deep and superficial transverse perineal muscles in the female pelvis?

Which pelvic ligament forms the inferior border of the lesser sciatic foramen?

The rectoprostatic (Denonvilliers') fascia in the male is located between which two structures?

What is the name of the median raphe of the levator ani muscle?

Which part of the hip bone is described as having an inner lip, an intermediate zone, and an outer lip?

In the female, what is the term for the fibromuscular structure that consists of portions of the sphincter urethrae muscle and is located inferior to it?

Which structure forms the superior boundary of the pubic arch?

The coccygeus muscle, part of the pelvic floor, has what relationship to the sacrospinous ligament?

Which of the following ligaments is NOT part of the bony framework of the pelvis as depicted in Plate 338?

What is the name of the most anterior muscle component of the levator ani group, which forms a sling around the anorectal junction?

The subpubic angle is a feature seen on which radiograph?

What structure is located within the fat of the retropubic (prevesical) space in the male pelvis?

In the female, the deep dorsal vein of the clitoris is located immediately posterior to what structure?

What is the anteroposterior diameter of the female pelvic outlet, accounting for the mobility of the coccyx?

The obturator canal, which allows passage of the obturator nerve and vessels, is located in which part of the pelvis?

In a superior view of the male pelvic diaphragm with viscera removed, what structure lies immediately posterior to the hiatus for the deep dorsal vein of the penis?

The anococcygeal body in the female serves as an attachment point for which muscle?

Which bony landmark is found on the ilium, superior to the acetabulum and inferior to the iliac crest?

Which structure forms the boundary of the pelvic inlet, separating the greater (false) pelvis from the lesser (true) pelvis?

In a sagittal view of the female pelvis, what is the term for the fold of peritoneum extending between the uterus and the urinary bladder?

What is the median articulation between the two pubic bones called?

Which part of the levator ani muscle is most lateral and originates from the tendinous arch?

What is the name of the ligament that runs from the sacrum and coccyx to the ischial tuberosity?

In the radiograph of the female pelvis in Plate 335, what is the large opening bounded by the ischium and pubis?

What is the collective name for the muscles that occupy the deep perineal pouch in a male?

The arcuate line is a feature of which pelvic bone?

In the superior view of the female pelvic contents, which structure lies in the pararectal fossa?

Which ligament connects the L5 vertebra to the iliac crest?

What is the term for the peritoneal fold that contains the ovarian vessels and suspends the ovary from the pelvic wall?

The greater sciatic notch of the ilium is converted into the greater sciatic foramen by which ligament?

Which structure forms the lateral wall of the pelvis and is covered by a fascia from which the levator ani originates?

What are the anterior and posterior boundaries of the pelvic outlet?

The lumbosacral joint is the articulation between which two structures?

In a female, the tendinous arch of the levator ani serves as a point of origin for which muscle?

What is the name for the peritoneal fold that contains the obliterated umbilical artery in a superior view of the female pelvic contents?

Which structure passes through the lesser sciatic foramen?

The head of the femur articulates with which part of the hip bone?

Which of these structures provides posterior support to the pelvic contents and is located superior to the coccygeus muscle?