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Where is the perineum located?
Where is the perineum located?
What divides the perineum into the urogenital triangle and anal triangle?
What divides the perineum into the urogenital triangle and anal triangle?
What is located at the center of the perineum?
What is located at the center of the perineum?
Which structure forms the deep boundaries of the perineum?
Which structure forms the deep boundaries of the perineum?
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What is the characteristic appearance of the confluence of the three taeniae in the anal triangle?
What is the characteristic appearance of the confluence of the three taeniae in the anal triangle?
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Which region lies between levator ani and the inner aspects of the thighs?
Which region lies between levator ani and the inner aspects of the thighs?
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What structures are found in the anal triangle?
What structures are found in the anal triangle?
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What is the primary function of the hemorrhoidal venous plexus?
What is the primary function of the hemorrhoidal venous plexus?
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Where is the perineal body located?
Where is the perineal body located?
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Which fascial layer in the perineum is continuous with Scarpa's fascia of the abdomen?
Which fascial layer in the perineum is continuous with Scarpa's fascia of the abdomen?
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Why are abscesses in the perianal space considered more painful than those in the ischioanal space?
Why are abscesses in the perianal space considered more painful than those in the ischioanal space?
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What can result from the rupture of perianal abscesses?
What can result from the rupture of perianal abscesses?
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Which nerve supplies the perineum and is a branch of the sacral plexus?
Which nerve supplies the perineum and is a branch of the sacral plexus?
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Which spinal nerves contribute to the pudendal nerve?
Which spinal nerves contribute to the pudendal nerve?
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Where do most of the perineum lymphatics drain?
Where do most of the perineum lymphatics drain?
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Which structure drains into deep inguinal nodes?
Which structure drains into deep inguinal nodes?
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Which region follows parasympathetic innervation retrograde to thoracolumbar spinal ganglia?
Which region follows parasympathetic innervation retrograde to thoracolumbar spinal ganglia?
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What nerve supplies the sympathetic innervation for visceral afferent pain fibers from the subperitoneal uterine cervix and vagina?
What nerve supplies the sympathetic innervation for visceral afferent pain fibers from the subperitoneal uterine cervix and vagina?
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