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1
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Bones of the pelvis

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Innominate
Sacrum
Coccyx

2
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Innominate bones

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Ilium
Ischium
Pubis
ALL MEET AT THE ACETABULUM

3
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Boundaries of the pelvis

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True pelvis and false pelvis divided by the ARCUATE LINE

Anteriorly
Superior margin of the symphysis pubis
Posteriorly
Sacral prominence

4
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Arcuate Line

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divides the true pelvis from false pelvis
LINEA TERMINALIS
PELVIC BRIM
ILIOPECTINEAL LINE

5
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Structures in true pelvis and false pelvis

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Inferior - uterus, ovaries, Fallopian tubes, vessels, muscles, some bowel, lymph nodes

Superior - bowel

6
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Uterus segments

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Fundus - right at the top
- Fallopian tubes enter here
Corpus (body)
Isthmus - between body and cervix PLACE WHERE UTERUS BENDS
Cervix - part of uterus; not its own thing

7
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Uterine positions

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Anteflexed - normal bend forward
Anteverted - normal tilt forward
Retroflexed - bend backward ( fundus lower than cervix)
Retroverted- tilt backwards ( unverted)

8
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Uterus shape

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Pear shaped in reproductive years and postmenopausal years

Bilobed in newborns and infants

Hollow structure

9
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Uterus size

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Infantile about 3cm long and 1cm thick
Neonatal is slightly larger than infant

REPRODUCTIVE : NULLIPAROUS 8x5x4 cm

  • add one cm in all directions for multiparous
  • coronal Plane is better for interrogation of endometrial canal
10
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Uterine layers

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Endometrium 
 -stratum functionalis (decidual)
        \+ layer that is shed 
 -stratum basalis
       \+ never shed; next layer of functionalis 
Myometrium
 -muscle layer
Perimetrium (Serosa)
 -peritoneal coat
 -
11
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Endometrium

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Proliferative Phase (3 stripe phase)
 - 4 to 8mm (double layer)
Secretory Phase (after ovulation)
 -7 to 14mm (double layer)

POSTMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING : <5mm (sign of cancer)
WITHOUT BLEEDING <9mm
POSTMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING MAY BE NORMAL IF WOMEN IS HRT (hormone replacement therapy)

12
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Endometrial phases

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Menstrual 
 - <1mm
Proliferative 
 - 5 to 8mm
Secretory
 - 9 to 14mm 
  • women on BCPs will have thin endometrium
13
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Vagina relationships

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Encases the cervix and creates fornices
Fornices - potential space around the cervix
Vagina attaches at level of the internal os

14
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Cervix

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Between vagina and uterus
External os- opening into vagina
Internal os- opening into uterus

15
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Adnexa/ Fallopian tubes

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Contained in the mesosalpinx of broad ligament

16
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Fallopian tube - segments

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Interstitial - narrowest
Isthmus - directly adjacent
Ampulla - longest and widest
-where fertilization takes place
- most common place of ectopic pregnancy
Infundibulum - contains fimbriae

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Ovaries - location

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Location is variable

  • fossa of waldeyer
  • LANDMARK FOR OVARIES IS INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERIES
18
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Ovaries - structure

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Cortex
 -outer 
 -where follicles live
Medulla
 -inner
19
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Ovaries - size and shape

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Reproductive years
 -ALMOND SHAPED
 - 6cc VOLUME
 - 3x2x2 CM
 - CAN BE UP TO 20cc 
Neonatal 
 -wide range up to 3.66cc
Infants
 -sausage shaped
To menarche
 - upper normal of 8cc
Post menopausal
 -1 to 5.8 cc 
 - >8cc abnormal 
Normal adult
 -length 2.5 to 5 cm 
 -width 1.5cm to 3cm 
 - AP .6 to 2.2cm 
 - volume 6cc
20
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Blood supply for uterus

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Aorta - CIA - IIA (hypogastric) - Anterior branch of IIA- uterus

Uterine Artery - arcuate Artery - radial Artery- straight arterioles ( supply basal layer) - spiral arterioles (supply decidual layer)

21
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Venous return from uterus

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Venous plexus (veins around uterus) - uterine vein - IIV - CIV - IVC

22
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Blood supply for ovaries

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Abdominal aorta to ovarian arteries to hilum of ovary

Venous return

  • RIGHT OVARIAN VEIN TO IVC
  • LEFT OVARIAN TO KEFT RENAL VEIN
  • OVARIAN ARTERIES WILL FORM ANASTOMOSES WITH THE UTERINE ARTERIES (of ovary twists collateral blood supply comes from uterus this doesn’t happen in males)
23
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Ligaments

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2 broad ligaments (double fold peritoneum)
2 round ligaments
2 uterosacral ligaments
2 ovarian ligaments
2 suspenseful ligaments ( infundibulopelvic)
2 mesosalpinx and 2 mesovarium

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Broad Ligament

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Double fold of peritoneum that drapes over uterus and Fallopian tubes
- mesosalpinx
+ drapes over Fallopian tubes
- mesovarium
+ posterior portion of the peritoneum that attaches to the ovary

  • project from broad ligament
25
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Round ligament

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Help hold uterine fundus and body in a forward position

- retroflexed uterus = weak round ligaments

26
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Uterosacral ligaments

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Help to anchor cervix posteriorly

27
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Ovarian ligaments

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Attach ovary to uterus

28
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Suspensory ligaments of infundibulopelvic

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Attach ovary to lateral pelvic wall

29
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Muscles in abdominopelvis

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Rectum abdominus
 - anterior wall of abdomen
 -linea alba 
   \+ aponeoroses that fuse 2 rectus muscles as well as oblique and transverse muscles at the midline 
   \+ very dense and gets in the way 
Psoas
 - posterior abdominal wall 
 - part of iliopsoas muscle 
 - extreme lateral aspect of pelvis
30
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Muscles in false pelvis

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Iliopsoas

  • anterior and lateral in pelvis
  • lateral to external iliac vessels
31
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Muscles in true pelvis

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Obturator internus muscle
Piriformis
Levator ani
Coccygeus

32
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Obturator internus muscle

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Side walls of pelvis
directly lateral to uterus
Hard to see

33
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Piriformis

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Posterior walls of pelvis

Posterior to cervix

34
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Levator ani

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Most inferior

Like a hammock with coccygeus for pelvic floor

35
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Coccygeus

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Posterior floor of pelvis

36
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Perineum

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Space between the thighs
Urethra
Vagina
Rectum
Coccygeus muscle
Levator ani muscle
 \+pubococcygeus
  \+ iliococcygeus
37
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Potential spaces

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Intraperitoneal 
 -posterior cul de sac
    \+ recto uterine pouch 
    \+ pouch of Douglas
      -most posterior and inferior 
 -anterior cul de sac
    \+ vesico uterine pouch 
Extraperitoneal 
 -vaginal fornices
 -space of retzius
38
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Urinary bladder

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Variable states of distension can cause uterus to fold

39
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Ureters

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Travel inferior to ovaries and enter bladder posteriorly st trigone

40
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Urethra

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Makes up third point of trigone

Anterior to vagina

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Trigone

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Only area that does not expand or contract

Does not have specialized tissue