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Pelvic diaphragm female pelvic floor anatomy.
The pelvic floor separates the pelvic cavity above from the perineal region including perineum below.
Appropriate management of pfd depends on the clinician s thorough knowledge of the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms of the disease.
The pelvic floor is a funnel shaped structure.
In order to allow for urination and defecation there are a few gaps in the pelvic floor.
The pelvic floor is a dome shaped muscular sheet separating the pelvic cavity above from the perineal region below.
The main function of the pelvic floor muscles are.
Understanding the relationship between the structure and function of the female pelvic floor is the key to correctly interpretating imaging findings and guiding treatment decisions.
The main focus of this article will be the pelvic floor muscles on that topic there are several important questions that need to be answered.
It is a basin shaped muscular diaphragm that helps to support the visceral contents of the pelvis.
To support the abdominal and pelvic viscera.
Because to accommodate the birth canal a female s pelvic cavity is larger than a male s the pelvic floor tends to be considered a part of female anatomy but males have an equivalent pelvic floor.
It attaches to the walls of the lesser pelvis separating the pelvic cavity from the perineum inferiorly region which includes the genitalia and anus.