Pelvic fascia
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The fascia
of the pelvis
may be resolved into:
Fascia
A fascia is a layer of fibrous tissue that permeates the human body. A fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves, binding those structures together in much the same manner as plastic wrap can be used to hold the contents of sandwiches...
of the pelvis
Pelvis
In human anatomy, the pelvis is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the lower limbs .The pelvis includes several structures:...
may be resolved into:
- (a) the fascial sheaths of
- the Obturator internus (Fascia of the Obturator internusFascia of the Obturator internusThe fascia of the Obturator internus covers the pelvic surface of, and is attached around the margin of the origin of, the muscle....
) - Piriformis (Fascia of the PiriformisFascia of the PiriformisThe fascia of the Piriformis is very thin and is attached to the front of the sacrum and the sides of the greater sciatic foramen; it is prolonged on the muscle into the gluteal region....
) - pelvic diaphragm (Diaphragmatic part of the pelvic fascia)
- the Obturator internus (Fascia of the Obturator internus
- (b) the fascia associated with the pelvic visceraEndopelvic part of the pelvic fasciaThe endopelvic part of the pelvic fascia is continued over the various pelvic viscera to form for the fibrous coverings.It is attached to the diaphragmatic part of the pelvic fascia along the tendinous arch, and has been subdivided in accordance with the viscera to which it is related:* Thus its...
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