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HI MAN ANATOMY. 



THE FEMALE PERINEUM. 



the pelvic 



the female correspond with those 

 of the urogenital cleft and the 



and the inreased t^^^^^Z^) Is somewhat greater in the 

 shaped penneal space (when the ^^J^ reg ion is divisible into a posterior 

 feoSe - le (P a & e . 9' 6 r e le Pe b r ;Tn nfaginary transverse line drawn 



rtdal and an anterior r^/ / tr ^ ^^^J. Distinction must be made 

 between the anterior borders of ^j^J^^Sicate the entire region, and 

 between th, tern ' perineum, Lee separating the anal and vulvar onhces. 



FIG. 1729. 



Cut cdg* of super- 

 fictalUyn 

 pcrfcUl i 



Giant clit"ri'lis 



Labim minorm 

 Labia maj<>ni 



Superficial (aci 



(. 



Superficial layer 

 of superficial 

 fascia reflected 



Colles's fascia 

 Vulvar fissure 



-Posterior 

 commissure 



-Cut edge of skin 

 ~ Anus 



:t, 



rum ; on right side skin only has b 

 at superficial fusi ia has l>ocn n-fl<-> ti 



removed ; 





: part <>( a triangular fibre-muscular mass, the f>crincal body, that divides the 



in tlu- rectum and anal canal and contains the perineal centre with the con- 



> of the external sphinctrr. transverse perineal, and bulbo-cavernosus 



,!t it <nn its somewhat greater breadth and more generous layer of fat, the 



rectal triangle presents no special features and contains the same structures as in the 



male. The superti< i.il tasria. j.ic, longed from the thighs and buttocks and usually 



laden with fat. < loses in tin- ischio-rcctal foss;e and is directly continuous with the 



MI- tlu-sr spaces. Tlu- internal pudic vessels and pudic nerve 



occupy the fascia'. k*) (anal on the outer wall of the ischio-rectal fossa and 



give off the inferior hemonhoidal branches distributed to the skin and muscles sur- 

 rounding the anal anal 



Over the urogniitul triangle the superficial fascia is divisible into two distinct 



is. a sir md a deep. The former, loaded with fat, is continuous above 



Aith the corresponding stratum on the abdomen and the thighs, and 



md with the sup- ia covering the rectal triangle. The deep layer, or 



iat and membranous in character. Behind, where it turns 



