BM1042 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Seminiferous Tubule, Labia Minora, Ejaculatory Duct
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Describe the skeletal and ligamentous components of the pelvis, the anatomy of the pelvic inlet and outlet and gender differences. Screen clipping taken: 3/10/2018 10:29 am: pelvic inlet and outlet. Sex differences between male and female: female made for child birth - broader, shallower, larger pelvic inlets and outlets for baby, males - narrower and deeper, larger usually, heavier, narrower lesser pelvis. Pelvic wall muscles (make up walls of pelvic cavity: obturator internus muscle, rotate thigh laterally, assists in holding femur in acetabulum, piriformis, rotates thigh laterally, abducts thigh, assists in holding femur in acetabulum. Describe the anatomy and functional importance of the pelvic floor: coccygeus and levator ani muscles (puborectalis, pubococcygeus and illococcygeus). Levator ani muscles - form floor of pelvic cavity and roof of perinium: puborectalis, pubococcygeus. Support organs in pelvic cavity, important for keeping continence: rectum, uterus, bladder, aids in defecation and urination (relax)
