perineum
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Introduction
Area between the scrotum or vulva & the anus.
It extends from the coccyx to the pubis, below the pelvic diaphragm.
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Components
- perineal artery
- vaginal venous plexus
- uterine venous plexus
- obturator canal
- paravesical fossa
- pararectal fossa
- central tendon of perineum (Savage perineal body)
- pubovaginalis
- hypogastric sheath
- lateral ligament of bladder
- paraurethral gland; Skene gland
- female urethra (urethra muliebris)
- male urethra
- rectovesical pouch (Proust space)
- vesicouterine pouch
- rectouterine pouch (Douglas cul de sac, pouch of Douglas)
- iliopectineal arch (deep crural arch)
- iliopubic tract (deep crural arch, Thompson ligament)
- femoral ring
- superficial (external) inguinal ring
- deep (internal) inguinal ring
- external spermatic fascia
- internal spermatic fascia (infundibulum fascia, tunica vaginalis communis)
- obturator fascia
- rectvesical septum (Tyrrell fascia, Denonvillier's aponeurosis)
- femoral canal
- spermatic cord
- prepuce
- glans penis