List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 236

The pelvic cavity is a body cavity that is bounded by the bones of the pelvis. Its oblique roof is the pelvic inlet (the superior opening of the pelvis). Its […]

The sacral canal is a continuation of the vertebral canal and runs throughout the greater part of the sacral bone. Above the sacrum it is triangular in form and below […]

The tuberosity of the ischium (or ischial tuberosity tuber ischiadicum in Latin also known as the sitz bone or as a pair the sitting bones) is a large swelling posteriorly […]

The body of the ischium along with the superior and inferior rami makes up the ischium.The body enters into and constitutes a little more than two-fifths of the acetabulum.

The superior ramus of the ischium (descending ramus) projects downward and backward from the body and presents for examination three surfaces: external internal and posterior. The external surface is quadrilateral […]

The Inferior Ramus of the ischium (ascending ramus) is the thin flattened part of the ischium which ascends from the superior ramus and joins the inferior ramus of the pubis—the […]

The deep layer of superficial fascia (Colles’ Fascia) is thin aponeurotic in structure and of considerable strength serving to bind down the muscles of the root of the penis. Colles […]

The pudendal canal (also called Alcock’s canal) is an anatomical structure in the pelvis through which the internal pudendal artery internal pudendal veins and the pudendal nerve pass.

The anal fascia is the inferior layer of the diaphragmatic part of the pelvic fascia which covers both surfaces of the levatores ani.

The ischioanal fossa (formerly called ischiorectal fossa) is the fat-filled space located lateral to the anal canal and inferior to the pelvic diaphragm. It is somewhat prismatic in shape with […]