Urogenital Triangle Flashcards
What is the fascia like in the urogenital triangle?
Fatty and membranous
What is the fatty layer of fascia called?
Campers
What is the membranous layer of fascia called?
Scarpa’s
What is the campers fascia continuous with?
The ischiorectal fossa and thigh
In the males what is scrotum fascia replaced by?
Dartos smooth muscle
What is the membranous fascia attached to?
Posterior border of urogenital diaphragm, also labia/scrotum
What is the inferior layer of fascia?
Perineal membrane
Describe the superior layer of fascia?
Deep, blends with perineal body and membrane
Describe the inferior layer of fascia?
Superficial and called the perineal membrane
What happens to the layers of fascia?
Fuse anteriorly leaving a small gap near pubic symphysis
What posterior layers fuse?
Membranous superficial fascia and the perineal body
What is the space between the layers of the urogenital membrane called?
Deep perineal pouch
Where is the deep perineal pouch?
Between the fascial layers of the urogenital diaphragm
What supplies the deep perineal pouch?
Pudendal nerve
In males the deep perineal pouch contains?
Membranous urethra, dorsal nerves of penis, bulbourethral glands and penile arteries