PHTY306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Cavity, Urethral Sphincters
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Education: pelvic cavity: and anal canal, pelvic floor: instead there is what we call the pelvic floor is essentially a layer of muscle and fascia. I am going to start by explain some of the key features of the anatomy between the pubic bone and the tail bone (align diagram with body). This is a diagram of what we call the pelvic cavity (align diagram anterior cavity is the bladder and urethra (the bladder stores urine that is filtered through the kidneys, and the urethra allows us to pass urine). The back section contains the rectum and the anal canal (the rectum stores feces until you are ready to defecate, with body). The pelvic cavity can be divided into two main categories front, and back. In the front or whereby it passes through the anal canal). The superficial layer is the outermost layer .