PT 513 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Urethral Sphincters, Internal Obturator Muscle, Greater Trochanter

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Physical Therapy
• Course: PT 513
• Professor: Katherine Grevelding

Document Summary

Superior pubic ramus (both sides of pubic symphysis) Internal obturator fascia of levator ani (tendinous arch) Nerve to levator ani (s4), inferior rectal nerve. Hip joint: er, stabilization, abd of flexed hip. Hip joint: er and abd of flexed hip. Runs anteriorly from perineal body to clitoris or penile raphe. Encircles urethra (division of deep transverse perineal muscle) Males: ascends anteriorly to neck of the bladder. Females: surround the vagina as the urethrovaginal sphincter. Encircles anus (runs posteriorly from perineal body to anococcygeal ligament) Maintains erection by squeezing blood into corpus cavernosum of clitoris or penis. Helps hold perineal body in median plane; holds pelvic organs in place; supports visceral canals through the muscles of perineum. 7th 12th ribs (inner surface; lower margin of costal arch) Medial part: l1-l3 vertebral bodies; intervertebral disks; anterior longitudinal ligament as right and left crura. Respiration; aids in compressing abdominal viscera (abdominal press) Lateral head crest of pubis to pubic tubercle.