Tags: Anatomical Structure, Muscle.
The levator ani is a broad thin muscle situated on the side of the pelvis.It is attached to the inner surface of the side of the lesser pelvis and unites with its fellow of the opposite side to form the greater part of the floor of the pelvic cavity.It supports the viscera in pelvic cavity and surrounds the various structures that pass through it.In combination with the coccygeus muscle it forms the pelvic diaphragm.
