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Female pelvic muscles Male pelvic muscles. The pelvic floor or pelvic diaphragm is an anatomical location in the human body, [1] which has an important role in urinary and anal continence, sexual function and support of the pelvic organs. [2] The pelvic floor includes muscles, both skeletal and smooth, ligaments and fascia.
2 1 coccygeus: Torso, Pelvis sacrospinous ligament: coccyx: sacral nerves: S4, S5 or S3-S4 closes back part of pelvic outlet: 2 1 iliococcygeus: Torso, Pelvis, Levator ani: ischial spine, posterior part of tendinous arch of pelvic fascia: coccyx and anococcygeal raphe: inferior gluteal artery: levator ani nerve inferior rectal nerve from ...
Hands and wrists (54 bones) - Left and right carpals (16) (wrist), metacarpals (10) , proximal phalanges (10), intermediate phalanges (8) and distal phalanges (10) . Pelvis (2 bones) - left and right hip bones (2), each of which is actually a fusion of three bones (ilium, ischium and pubis).
This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...
The coccygeus muscle completes the pelvic floor, which is also called the pelvic diaphragm. It supports the viscera in the pelvic cavity, and surrounds the various structures that pass through it. The levator ani is the main pelvic floor muscle and contracts rhythmically during female orgasm, and painfully during vaginismus. [4]
The perforate acetabulum is a cup-shaped opening on each side of the pelvic girdle formed where the ischium, ilium, and pubis all meet, and into which the head of the femur inserts. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The orientation and position of the acetabulum is one of the main morphological traits that caused dinosaurs to walk in an upright posture with their ...
The aponeurosis of the abdominal external oblique muscle is a thin but strong membranous structure, the fibers of which are directed downward and medially.. It is joined with that of the opposite muscle along the middle line, and covers the whole of the front of the abdomen; above, it is covered by and gives origin to the lower fibers of the pectoralis major; below, its fibers are closely ...
Translations added to this section should be free of copyright claims (either CC0 or public domain). Pelvic Girdle ≅ pelvic girdle (Q2943862) Pelvic Girdle Ilium ≅ hip bone (Q3356933) Ilium Iliac crest ≅ iliac crest (Q3774464) Iliac crest Iliac spine ≅ iliac spine (Q16878765) Iliac spine Acetabulum ≅ acetabulum (Q1130461) Acetabulum