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... > Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Abdominal Muscles > Pelvic Floor
... > Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Abdominal Muscles > Pelvic Floor
Body Regions > Torso > Pelvis > Pelvic Floor
Body Regions > Torso > Abdominal Core > Pelvic Floor

Preferred term

Pelvic Floor  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Diaphragm, Pelvic
  • Diaphragms, Pelvic
  • Pelvic Diaphragm
  • Pelvic Diaphragms

Note

  • NIM when merely locational

Scope note

  • Soft tissue formed mainly by the pelvic diaphragm, which is composed of the two levator ani and two coccygeus muscles. The pelvic diaphragm lies just below the pelvic aperture (outlet) and separates the pelvic cavity from the PERINEUM. It extends between the PUBIC BONE anteriorly and the COCCYX posteriorly.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017773

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