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THE MUSCLES AXD FASCIA 



much adipose tissue, the amount of which varies in different subjects. In front 

 this layer is continuous with the dartos of the scrotum, in the mid-line of which 

 it dips deeply to form the scrotal septum. In the female this structure enters 



FRCNUM OF 

 PREPUCE 



EXTERNAL 

 ABDOMINAL RING 



FASCIA OF 

 PENIS 



TUBEROSITY 

 OF ISCHIUM 



INFERIOR 



RAMUS OF 



ISCHIUM 



SUPERFICIAL 

 LAYER OF 

 TRIANGULAR 

 LIGAMENT 



TRANSVERSUS 

 PERI NEI 



SUPERFICIALIS 



OBTURATOR 

 FASCIA 



ISCHIORECTAl 

 FOSSA 



ANOCOCCYGEAL LIGAMENT 



FIG. 334. The muscles of the male perineum, viewed from below. (Spalteholz.) 



into the formation of the mons veneris and the labia majora. The superficial 

 layer is continuous on either side with the fatty fascia on the inner side of the 

 thighs. The deep layer of the superficial fascia, or the fascia of Colles, is thin, apon- 

 eurotic in structure, and of considerable strength. It serves to bind down the 



