KIN 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pelvic Outlet, Iliac Fossa, Symphysis

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KIN 2320
• Professor: Steven R.Passmore

Document Summary

Pelvic girdle sagittal view figure 3. 1 and anterior view. Pelvis (latin for basin) is the part of the trunk inferoposterior to the abdomen and is the area of transition between the trunk and the lower limbs. Pelvic cavity is a continuation of the abdominal cavity into the pelvis through the pelvic inlet. Perineal region refers to the area of the trunk between the thighs and the buttocks, extending from the pubis to the coccyx tail. Perineum is a shallow compartment lying deep to this area and inferior to the pelvic diaphragm. Pelvic girdle basin shaped ring of bones that rounds the pelvic cavity and connects the vertebral column to the two femurs in the thighs. Right and left hip bones: two large; irregularly shaped bones, each of which forms at puberty by fusion of three bones ilium, ischium and pubis. Sacrum formed by the fusion of 5, originally separated, sacral vertebrae (sit bones)