The superficial perineal pouch (also superficial perineal compartment/space/sac) is a compartment of the perineum.
Superficial perineal pouch | |
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Details | |
Artery | branches of internal pudendal artery |
Vein | branches of internal pudendal veins |
Nerve | branches of perineal nerve |
Lymph | superficial inguinal lymph nodes |
Identifiers | |
Latin | compartimentum superficiale perinei or spatium superficiale perinei |
TA98 | A09.5.02.001 |
TA2 | 2415 |
FMA | 22062 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The superficial perineal pouch is an open compartment, due to the fact that anteriorly, the space communicates freely with the potential space lying between the superficial fascia of the anterior abdominal wall and the anterior abdominal muscles: