Radiology Lexicon

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Preferred Name

pelvic floor
Synonyms

pelvic diaphragm
Definitions

Soft tissue formed mainly by the pelvic diaphragm, which is composed of the two levator ani and two coccygeus muscles. The pelvic diaphragm lies just below the pelvic aperture (outlet) and separates the pelvic cavity from the perineum. It extends between the pubic bone anteriorly and the coccyx posteriorly. [MeSH]
ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID377
Definition

Soft tissue formed mainly by the pelvic diaphragm, which is composed of the two levator ani and two coccygeus muscles. The pelvic diaphragm lies just below the pelvic aperture (outlet) and separates the pelvic cavity from the perineum. It extends between the pubic bone anteriorly and the coccyx posteriorly. [MeSH]
label

RID377
Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID56
Preferred_name

pelvic floor
Preferred_name_German

Beckenboden
prefixIRI

RID377
Source

Playbook
Synonym

pelvic diaphragm
UMLS_ID

C0206248
subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID15777
Has_Part

http://radlex.org/RID/RID388

http://radlex.org/RID/RID33148

http://radlex.org/RID/RID383

http://radlex.org/RID/RID386

http://radlex.org/RID/RID389

http://radlex.org/RID/RID385

http://radlex.org/RID/RID390

http://radlex.org/RID/RID396

http://radlex.org/RID/RID378

http://radlex.org/RID/RID387

http://radlex.org/RID/RID379
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