FEMALE PELVIS

BONES OF PELVIS
SACRUM

ILLIUM

COCCYX

PUBIS

ISCHIUM
 PARTS OF PELVIS
FALSE PELVIS
The portion above the pelvic
brim.
Has no obstetrical significance
relevant to passage of fetus
through the pelvis
TRUE PELVIS
The bony canal that the fetus
needs to pass through during the
normal mechanism of childbirth
comprises brim, cavity & outlet
 LANDMARKS OF PELVIC BRIM
8 landmarks
1. Sacral promontory

2. Sacral ala

3. Sacroiliac joint

4. Iliopectineal line

5. Iliopectineal eminence

6. Superior ramus of the pubic bone

7. Upper inner border of the body of the pubic bone

8. Upper inner border of the body of the symphysis pubis

 JOINTS OF PELVIS

SACROILIAC
JOINT (2)

SACROCOCCYGEA
L
SYMPHYSIS JOINT (1)
PUBIS
 PELVIC LEGAMENTS

Sacroiliac ligaments

Pubic ligaments

Sacrotuberous

ligaments

Sacrospinous ligament

Sacrococcygeal

ligaments
Sacrospinous
ligament
Sacrotuberous
ligament
Sacrotuberous ligament
 DIAMETERS of pelvic inlet

Antero -posterior diameters

Anatomical conjugate (true conjugate)
= 12cm

Obstetric conjugate = 11 cm

Diagonal conjugate = 12 -13 cm

Oblique diameters

Right oblique diameter =12 cm

Left oblique diameter = 12 cm

Transverse diameters = 13cm

 DIAMETERS of pelvic cavity

As the cavity of the pelvis is round in shape, all the diameter

of the cavity is 12cm
 DIAMETERS OF PELVIC OUTLET

Antero -posterior
diameters=13 cm

Oblique diameters = 12cm

Transverse diameters = 10-

11cm
Types of pelvis
Common Iliac A

Internal Iliac A
Common Iliac V

Internal Iliac V
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
FEMALE PELVIS
 ASSIGNMENT
Show the diameter of pelvis by the
diagrammatical presentation.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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