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Pelvic diaphragm female pelvic floor anatomy.
The main focus of this article will be the pelvic floor muscles on that topic there are several important questions that need to be answered.
The main function of the pelvic floor muscles are.
The pelvic floor is primarily made up of thick skeletal muscles along with nearby ligaments and their investing fascia.
The pelvic floor overview and function.
Because to accommodate the birth canal a female s pelvic cavity is larger than a male s the pelvic floor tends to be considered a part of female anatomy but males have an equivalent pelvic floor.
In order to allow for urination and defecation there are a few gaps in the pelvic floor.
This cavity encloses the pelvic viscera bladder intestines and uterus in females.
It is a basin shaped muscular diaphragm that helps to support the visceral contents of the pelvis.
It attaches to the walls of the lesser pelvis separating the pelvic cavity from the perineum inferiorly region which includes the genitalia and anus.
To support the abdominal and pelvic viscera.
The pelvic floor separates the pelvic cavity above from the perineal region including perineum below.
Appropriate management of pfd depends on the clinician s thorough knowledge of the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms of the disease.