Deep perineal pouch
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Citation:
Jahangiri A, Gaillard F, mike L, et al. Deep perineal pouch. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 22 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-48901
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48901
Article created:
30 Oct 2016,
Alborz Jahangiri
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The deep perineal pouch is an anatomic space superior (deep) to the perineal membrane in the urogenital triangle of the perineum, anterior to the transverse line between the ischial tuberosities.
Gross anatomy
The deep perineal pouch is above (deep to) the perineal membrane in the urogenital triangle.
Boundaries
- roof: fascia of the pelvic floor
- floor: perineal membrane
Contents
Males
- membranous urethra
- deep transverse perineal muscles
- sphincter urethrae
- paired bulbourethral glands (Cowper's glands). Their ducts drain into the bulbous urethra below the perineal membrane (i.e. in the superficial perineal pouch)
- internal pudendal vessels
- dorsal nerve of the penis
Females
- proximal urethra
- deep transverse perineal muscles
- compressor urethrae muscle
- urethrovaginalis muscle
- sphincter urethrae
- internal pudendal vessels
- dorsal nerve of clitoris
Related pathology
References
- 1. Last's Anatomy: Regional and Applied. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN:044304662X. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. FFR(RCSI) SRFRCSI, FRCR MMMRCPIF, FFSEM SJEMBMMRCPIFFRCR. Anatomy for Diagnostic Imaging. Saunders Ltd. ISBN:0702029718. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 3. Butler P, Mitchell A, Healy JC. Applied Radiological Anatomy. Cambridge University Press. (2012) ISBN:0521766664. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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