25. Urogenital Triangle Flashcards
What is the fatty fascia in the pelvis?
Campers
What replaces Camper’s fascia in the scrotum?
Dartos smooth muscle
What is the membranous fascia in the pelvis?
Scarpa’s (called Colles’ in pelvis)
What are the layers in the urogenital diaphragm?
Superior layer of fascia
Sphincter urethrae and deep transverse perineal muscles
Inferior layer of fascia (perineal membrane)
Describe the deep perineal pouch?
Anatomical space between the fascial layers of the urogenital membrane
What structures pass through the deep perineal pouch in both males and females?
Urethra Sphincter urethrae Deep transverse perineal muscles Internal pudendal vessels and branches Pudendal nerve
Which structures pass through the deep perineal pouch in females only?
Vagina
Dorsal nerves of clitoris
Which structures pass through the deep perineal pouch in males only?
Membranous urethra
Dorsal nerves of penis
Bulbourethral glands
Penile arteries
Describe the superficial perineal pouch?
Between perineal membrane and the skin
What muscles pass through the superficial perineal pouch?
Ischiocavernous
Bulbospongiosus
Superficial transverse perineal
What is the function of the ischiocavernosus and bulbospongiosus muscles?
Help maintain erection
What are the erectile tissues?
Crura
Bulb of penis (M)/ bulb of vestibule (F)
What is the perineal body?
Fibrous
Connects small muscles in perineum
What muscles attach to the perineal body?
External anal sphincter
Bulbospongiosus
Superficial perineal muscles
What are the corpus cavernosus and corpus spongiosum?
Cavernosus - extension of crura (x2)
Spongiosum - extension of bulb