Flashcards in Pelvic Floor Muscles Deck (11)
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Female Urogenital Triangle
Superficial 1st Layer
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Superficial transverse perineal (helps stabilize perineal body)
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Bulbocavernosus (helps with vaginal sphincter and assists in erection of clitoris in women and penis in men - bulbospongiosus)
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Ischiocavernosus (in women maintains clitoral erection and in men maintains penal erection
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Female Urogenital Triangle
Deep Layer (2nd Layer)
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Deep Transverse Perineal (compresses ventral wall and assists with continence
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Compressor Urethrae (compresses urethra and assists with continence)
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Sphincter Urethrae (closes urethra lumen and helps support bladder)
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Pelvic Diaphragm
Deepest Layer (3rd Layer)
- levator ani
- Pubococcygeus
- Iliococcygeus (elevates pelvic floor)
- Puborectalis (Sphincter vagina & urethra)
- Pubovaginalis
- Pubococcygeus
- Iliococcygeus (elevates pelvic floor)
- Puborectalis (Sphincter vagina & urethra)
- Pubovaginalis
- -obturator internus
- -coccygeous
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Superficial transverse perineal
helps stabilize perineal body
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Bulbocavernosus
helps with vaginal sphincter and assists in erection of clitoris in women and penis in men - bulbospongiosus
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Ischiocavernosus
in women maintains clitoral erection and in men maintains penal erection
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Deep Transverse Perineal
compresses ventral wall and assists with continence
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Compressor Urethrae
compresses urethra and assists with continence
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Sphincter Urethrae
closes urethra lumen and helps support bladder
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Puborectalis
Sphincter vagina & urethra)
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Iliococcygeus
elevates pelvic floor
