Pudendal canal

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Pudendal canal

Coronal section of pelvis, showing arrangement of fasciæ. Viewed from behind. (Alcock's canal labeled at bottom right.)

Pudendal nerve and its course through the pudendal canal (labeled in yellow)
Latin	canalis pudendalis
Gray's	subject #119 421

The pudendal canal (also called Alcock's canal) is an anatomical structure in the pelvis through which the internal pudendal artery, internal pudendal veins, and the pudendal nerve pass.

Structure

The pudendal canal is formed by the obturator internus fascia.

It encloses the following:

These vessels and nerve cross the pelvic surface of the obturator internus.

The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Canal not labeled, but pudendal nerve and internal pudendal artery labeled at bottom right.)

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

sphincter ani	externus internus

Ischioanal fossa Pudendal canal

superficial perineal pouch	superficial transverse perineal bulbospongiosus ischiocavernosus

deep perineal pouch	deep transverse perineal sphincter urethrae membranaceae

Middle

superficial fascia:	panniculus adiposus Fascia of Camper

stratum membranosum	Dartos Superficial perineal fascia Fascia of Colles

deep fascia:	Fascia of perineum Buck's fascia Perineal membrane/"Inferior fascia of UGD"

"Urogenital diaphragm" "Superior fascia of UGD"

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