Superficial perineal pouch
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The superficial perineal pouchis an anatomic space below the perineal membrane in the urogenital traingle of the perineum.
Gross anatomy
The superficial perineal pouch is below the perineal membrane in the urogenital triangle, anterior to the transverse line between the ischial tuberosities.
Boundaries
- roof: perineal membrane
- floor: superficial perineal fascia (Colles' fascia)
- Colles' fascia attaches to the posterior border of the perineal membrane posteriorly and to the pubic arch laterally
- communicates with the Scarpa's fascia of the anterior abdominal wall anteriorly
Contents
Males
- bulbospongiosus muscle which covers the corpus spongiosum and surrounds the urethra
- paired ischiocavernous muscles which cover the corpora cavernosa of the penis
- superficial perineal muscle
- crura of penis
- bulb of penis
Females
- greater vestibular glands (Bartholin's glands)
- bulbospongiosus muscle: separated by the urethra and vagina in the midline and covers the bulb of the vestibule
- paired ischiocavernous muscles: tenses the vagina during orgasm
- perineal body
- superficial perineal muscle
- crura of the clitoris
Related pathology
-<li>paired <a href="/articles/ischiocavernous-muscles">ischiocavernous muscles</a> which cover the corpora cavernosa of the <a href="/articles/penis">penis</a>- +<li>paired <a title="Ischiocavernous muscle" href="/articles/ischiocavernous-muscle">ischiocavernous muscles</a> which cover the corpora cavernosa of the <a href="/articles/penis">penis</a>
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