Reproduction 3 Flashcards
What is the perineum?
Space inferior to pelvic diaphragm (including external genitalia)
What is the perineum?
Space inferior to pelvic diaphragm (including external genitalia)
What is the pelvic diaphragm?
Muscular partition formed by the levator ani and coccygeus
What is in the female perineum?
External genitalia
Perineal muscles
Anal canal
What is the male perineum?
External genitalia (urethra, scrotum, penis)
Perineal muscles
Anal canal
What structures divide the perineum into two triangles? What are these two triangles called?
Base of each triangle formed by line joining the two ischial tuberosities
Tip of the urogenital triangle formed by the pubic symphysis
Tip of the anal triangle formed by the coccyx
What structures are in the urogenital triangle?
Roots of scrotum, penis and vulva
What structures are in the anal triangle?
Anal canal, orifice and anus
What is the perineal membrane?
Thin sheet of deep fascia that stretches between the right and left sides of the pubic arch below the pubic symphysis (in between the deep and superficial perineal muscles)
What is the perineal membrane perforated by?
Urethra and vagina
What muscles converge at the perineal body?
Bulbospongiosus, external anal sphincter, superficial and deep transverse peroneal muscles etc.
What is the innervation of the external anal sphincter?
Branch of pudendal nerve
What is the action of the external sphincter?
Constricts anal canal during peristalsis, resisting defaecation
Supports and fixes peroneal body/pelvic floor
What is the innervation of bulbospongiosus?
Branch of pudendal nerve
What is the innervation of ischiocavernosus?
Branch of pudendal nerve
What is the innervation of superficial transverse perineal muscle?
Branch of pudendal nerve
What is the innervation of deep transverse perineal muscle?
Branch of pudendal nerve
What is the innervation of external urethral sphincter?
Branch of pudendal nerve
What is the action of bulbospongiosus?
Supports/fixes perineal body/pelvic floor
Assists in erection of penis/clitoris
What is the action of ischiocavernosus?
Maintains erection of clitoris/penis
What is the action of the superficial and deep transverse perineal muscle?
Supports and fixes perineal body to support abdomino-pelvic viscera, resisting increased intraabdominal pressure
What is the function of the external urethral sphincter?
Compress urethra to maintain urinary continence