Transversus perinei profundus muscle

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Transversus perinei profundus muscle
Muscles of the female perineum. (Transversus perinei visible at center right.)
Muscles of male perineum. (Transversus perinei visible at center right.)
Latin musculus transversus perinei profundus
Gray's subject #120 429
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Nerve: pudendal nerve
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The Transversus perinei profundus (or deep transverse perineal) arises from the inferior rami of the ischium and runs to the median line, where it interlaces in a tendinous raphé with its fellow of the opposite side.

It lies in the same plane as the Sphincter urethræ membranaceæ; formerly the two muscles were described together as the Constrictor urethrae.

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Muscles of the HeadNeckTrunkUpper limbLower limbLIST OF ALL MUSCLES

BACK: splenius: (capitis | cervicis) | erector spinae (iliocostalis | longissimus | spinalis) | latissimus dorsi|
transversospinales: (semispinalis dorsi | semispinalis cervicis | semispinalis capitis | multifidus | rotatores) | interspinales | intertransversarii | (Gray's s115)

SUBOCCIPITAL: rectus capitis posterior (major, minor) | obliquus capitis (inferior, superior) | (Gray's s116)

CHEST: intercostales (external, internal, innermost) | subcostales | transversus thoracis | levatores costarum | serratus posterior (inferior, superior) | diaphragm | (Gray's s117)

ABDOMEN: obliques (external, internal) | transversus abdominis | rectus abdominis | pyramidalis | cremaster | quadratus lumborum | (Gray's s118)

PELVIS: levator ani (iliococcygeus, pubococcygeus, puborectalis) | coccygeus | (Gray's s119)

PERINEUM: sphincter ani (externus, internus) | superficial perineal pouch (transversus perinei superficialis | bulbospongiosus | ischiocavernosus) | deep perineal pouch (transversus perinei profundus, sphincter urethrae membranaceae) | (Gray's s120)