ANATOMY OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY HOMEWORK

I. BONES OF THE PELVIS AND HIP

Label the bones. Write your answer at the table. (14 pts)

A Iliac crest (Intermediate zone)

B Anterior superior iliac spine
C Inferior gluteal line
D Anterior inferior iliac spine
I Acetabulum
J Obturator foramen
K Ischial tuberosity
L Lesser sciatic notch
M Ischial spine
N Greater sciatic notch
O Posterior inferior iliac spine
P Posterior superior iliac spine
Q Posterior gluteal line
R Gluteal surface

Label the bones. Write your answer at the table. (14 pts)

B. FORAMEN OF THE PELVIS (3 pts)
GREATER SCIATIC FORAMEN
LESSER SCIATIC FORAMEN
OBTURATOR FORAMEN
A Head
B Neck
C Lesser trochanter
D Intertrochanteric line
E Greater trochanter
F Greater trochanter
G Fovea for lig. of head
H Trochanteric fossa
I Greater trochanter
J Intertrochanteric crest
K Linea aspera
L Nutrient foramen
M Pectineal line
N Lesser trochanter
II. PELVIS AND HIP Special
Topics
A. GENDER DIFFERENCES: PELVIS
(14 pts)
MALE PELVIS
FALSE PELVIS Deep
PELVIC BRIM/INLET Narrow and heart-shaped
ACETABULUM Large and faces laterally
PUBIC ARCH Less than 90 degrees angle
OBTURATOR Round
FORAMEN
PELVIC OUTLET Narrower
ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY Longer, closer together, and
more laterally projecting
FUNCTION/SIGNIFICANCE
This provides an exit from the true pelvis into the gluteal region
for the sciatic nerve, the pudendal nerve, and the gluteal nerves
and vessels.
This provides an entrance into the perineum from the gluteal
region for the pudendal nerve and the internal pudendal
vessels.
This provides a passageway for the obturator nerve and vessels
 as they leave the pelvis and enter the thigh.

C. FEMORAL TRIANGLE (5 pts)

BASE Inguinal ligament

MEDIAL BORDER Medial margin of the adductor longus
LATERAL BORDER Medial margin of the Sartorius muscle
FLOOR Formed medially by the pectineus and
adductor longus muscles and by the iliopsoas
laterally
APEX Points inferiorly and is continuous with a
fascial canal (adductor canal)