Histomorphological properties of the pelvic floor muscles in absence and presence of pelvic floor disorders
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Proper function of the female pelvic floor involves the interplay between pelvic floor skeletal muscles (PFMs), vagina and its supportive tissue, and intact innervation. PFMs include coccygeus and the components of the levator ani complex: pubovisceralis and iliococcygeus. Pubovisceralis is comprised of more laterally and proximally located pubococcygeus, and puborectalis that makes up its medial and distal portions, (Figure 1). PFMs are load-bearing muscles that provide support for abdominal and pelvic organs by counteracting intra- abdominal pressure and opposing gravitational forces. The PFMs are thin muscles encased in contiguous sheets of connective tissue located deep in the pelvis, making it difficult to probe them directly. Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs), which include urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse (POP), are debilitating and costly conditions that affect nearly one- quarter of women in the United States 1. Dysfunction of the PFMs is associated with increased risk of PFDs collectively and specifically with POP
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- 2018
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1 online resource (7 pages) : illustrations
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Description based on online resource; title PDF cover page (viewed May 23, 2019)
Forms part of the UC San Diego School of Medicine independent study projects, Class of 2018
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La Jolla, California: University of California, San Diego
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M.D. University of California, San Diego 2018
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- Aghajan, Yasmin
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