Pudendal canal

Pudendal canal
Coronal section of pelvis, showing arrangement of fasciæ. Viewed from behind. (Alcock's canal labelled at bottom right.)
Pudendal nerve and its course through the pudendal canal (labelled in yellow)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	canalis pudendalis
Dorlands /Elsevier	12208811
TA	A09.5.04.003
FMA	22071
Anatomical terminology

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 fascia of obturator internus muscle obturator fascia.

It encloses the following:

• Internal pudendal artery
• Internal pudendal veins
• Pudendal nerve

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

Additional images

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

See also

• Femoral canal
• Inguinal canal

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Anatomy image: apmalefrontal4-16 at the College of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University
• Cross section image: pelvis/pelvis-e12-15—Plastination Laboratory at the Medical University of Vienna
• Anatomy photo:41:08-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center — "The Female Perineum: Contents of the Pudendal Canal"
• Diagram at pudendal.info
• Anatomy image:9087 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• Anatomy image:9448 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center