Review Questions

1. What features demarcate the boundaries of the lesser or true pelvis?

2. When comparing the female to the male pubic arch, what difference is apparent?

3. What important spaces are created by the sacrospinous ligament?

4. What muscles make up the pelvic diaphragm?

5. What are the descriptive subdivisions of the uterus?

6. Why is the rectouterine pouch (of Douglas) important?

7. What are the descriptive subdivisions of the broad ligament?

8. What structures may be involved in stress incontinence in women?

9. Uterine prolapse may occur with the loss of support of which important structures?

10. Which branches of the internal iliac artery arise from its posterior division?

11. How does the urinary bladder empty itself?

12. What are descriptive subdivisions of the male urethra?

13. Where do sperm and seminal fluids empty into the urethra?

14. What is the innervation of the external anal sphincter?

15. Which rectal veins are involved in portocaval anastomoses?

16. What is the parasympathetic innervation of the pelvic viscera?

17. Lymphatic spread of cancer cells from a malignant ovarian tumor may involve the aortic (lumbar) lymph nodes directly. Why?

18. What are the boundaries of the diamond-shaped perineum?

19. Why is the central tendon of the perineum important?

20. What is a common cause of erectile dysfunction in males?

21. What is the female homologue of the male corpus spongiosum penis?