mons pubis

Examples of mons pubis in the following topics:

• Vulva

  • The soft mound at the front of the vulva, the mons pubis, is formed by fatty tissue covering the pubic bone.
  • The mons pubis separates into two folds of skin called the labia majora, literally "major (or large) lips."
  • After the onset of puberty, the mons pubis and the labia majora become covered by pubic hair.

• Pubis

  • The pubis is the lowest and most anterior portion of the hip bones of the pelvis.
  • The pubic bone is covered by a layer of fat that is covered by the mons pubis.
  • The body of the pubis is a wide, strong, medial, and flat portion of the pubic bone that unites with the pubic symphisis.
  • The inferior pubic ramus is a thin and flat bone that makes up one third of the pubis.
  • (1) sacrum, (2) ilium, (3) ischium, (4) pubis: 4a-body; 4b-superior ramus; 4c-inferior ramus, (5) pubic symphisis, (6) acetabulum, (7) obturator foramen, (8) coccyx, (red dotted line) linea terminalis.

• Anatomy of the Female Reproductive System

  • The external components include the mons pubis, pudendal cleft, labia majora, labia minora, Bartholin's glands, and clitoris.

• Ischium

  • Situated below the ilium and behind the pubis, the superior portion of this bone forms approximately one third of the acetabulum, which articulates with the femoral head to form the hip joint.
  • The inferior ramus of the ischium is thin and flattened and ascends from the superior ramus of the ischium to join the inferior ramus of the pubis.
  • The ischium is located below the ilium and behind the pubis.

• Perineum

  • he inferior rami of the pubis and ischial tuberosity, and the sacrotuberous ligament

• Muscles that Cause Movement at the Hip Joint

  • Attachments – Originates from the pubis and broadly attaches to the femur.
  • Attachments – Originates from the pubis and attaches to the femur.
  • Attachments – Originates from the pubis and attaches to the femur.
  • Attachments – Originates from the pubis and attaches to the femur.
  • Attachments – Originates from the pubis and attaches to the tibia.

• False and True Pelves

  • The true (or lesser) pelvis is bounded in front and below by the pubic symphysis and the superior rami of the pubis; above and behind, by the sacrum and coccyx; and laterally, by a broad, smooth, quadrangular area of bone, corresponding to the inner surfaces of the body and superior ramus of the ischium, and the part of the ilium below the arcuate line.

• Ilium

  • It articulates with the sacrum, ischium, and pubis.

• Anterior Muscles

  • Attachments – Originates from the pubis and attaches to the lower edge of the rib cage and sternum.
  • Attachments – Originates from the pubis and attaches to the linea alba.

• Episiotomy

  • It is a diamond shaped area between the symphysis pubis and the coccyx.