ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
List the four bones of the pelvis - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Left hip bone
B. Right hip bone
C. Sacrum
D. Coccyx
List the three divisions of the hip bone - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Ilium
B. Ischium
C. Pubis
Innominate bone is another name for - CORRECT ANSWER - One half of pelvic girdle
Hip bone
Ossa coxae
What is the largest foramen in the body - CORRECT ANSWER - Obturator foramen
Which of the following landmarks is not a palpable bony landmark - CORRECT
ANSWER - Lesser trochanter
What are the two aspects of the ischium - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Body
B. Ramus
What is the name of the imaginary plane that separates the false from the true pelvis -
CORRECT ANSWER - PELVIC BRIM
, structures or characteristics of False pelvis - CORRECT ANSWER - Supports the lower
abdominal organs
Formed primarily by the ala of the ilium
Greater pelvis
structures or characteristics of True pelvis - CORRECT ANSWER - Lesser pelvis
Cavity
Forms the actual birth canal
Found below the pelvic brim
The pubic arch angle on an average male pelvis is an __________________________ (acute or
obtuse) angle that is __________________________ (greater than or less than) 90 degrees. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Acute; less than 90
radiographic characteristics are those of a male (M) pelvis - CORRECT ANSWER - Heart-
shaped (oval) inlet
Acute pubic arch (less than 90 degrees)
Iliac wings that are less flared
radiographic characteristics are those of a female (F) pelvis - CORRECT ANSWER - Iliac
wings that are more flared
Obtuse pubic arch (greater than 90 degrees)
Larger and more rounded inlet
Which of the following structures is considered as the most posterior