- perineal body
- perineal body n a mass of muscle and fascia that separates the lower end of the vagina and the rectum in the female and the urethra and the rectum in the male
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corpus perineale.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
perineal body
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Perineal body — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = corpus perineale, centrum tendineum perinei GraySubject = 249 GrayPage = 1185 Caption = Muscles of the female perineum. Caption2 = Muscles of male perineum. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c… … Wikipedia
Perineal membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = membrana perinei GraySubject = 120 GrayPage = 428 Caption = Coronal section of anterior part of pelvis, through the pubic arch. Seen from in front. (Inferior layer labeled at bottom left.) Caption2 = Median … Wikipedia
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Deep transverse perineal muscle — Muscles of the female perineum. (Transversus perinei visible at center right.) … Wikipedia
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