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Encyclopedia > Colles' fascia
Fascia of Colles
The perineum. The integument and superficial layer of superficial fascia reflected. (Deep layer of superficial fascia labeled at center.)
Median sagittal section of pelvis, showing arrangement of fasciae. (Colles fascia labeled at bottom center.)
Gray's subject #120 426
Dorlands/Elsevier c_46/12249090

The deep layer of superficial fascia (fascia of Colles) is thin, aponeurotic in structure, and of considerable strength, serving to bind down the muscles of the root of the penis. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (650x615, 57 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Rectum Wikipedia:Grays Anatomy images with missing articles 9 Urogenital diaphragm Transversus perinei superficialis muscle List of... Elseviers logo. ... Aponeuroses (απο, away, and νευρον, a sinew) are membranes separating muscles from each other. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ...


It separates the skin from the superficial perineal space. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Epidermis (skin). ...


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In front, it is continuous, with the dartos tunic, the deep fascia of the penis, the fascia of the spermatic cord, and Scarpa's fascia upon the anterior wall of the abdomen; Male Anatomy The spermatic cord is the name given to the cord-like structure formed by the vas deferens and surrounding tissue (veins, arteries, nerves, and lymphatic vessels) that run from the abdomen down to each testicle. ...


On either side it is firmly attached to the margins of the rami of the pubis and ischium, lateral to the crus penis and as far back as the tuberosity of the ischium. Posteriorly the Superior ramus of the ischium forms a large swelling, the tuberosity of the ischium, which is divided into two portions: a lower, rough, somewhat triangular part, and an upper, smooth, quadrilateral portion. ...


Posteriorly, it curves around the Transversi perinæi superficiales to join the lower margin of the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm.


In the middle line, it is connected with the superficial fascia and with the median septum of the Bulbocavernosus. Fascia, pronounced , is specialized connective tissue layer which surrounds muscles, bones, and joints, providing support, protection and giving structure to the body. ... Bulbospongiosus is one of the superficial muscles of the perineum. ...


This fascia not only covers the muscles in this region, but at its back part sends upward a vertical septum from its deep surface, which separates the posterior portion of the subjacent space into two.


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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant. Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... Georgetown University, incorporated as the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded on January 23, 1789 by Father John Carroll, it is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest... The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, better known as SUNY Downstate Medical Center, is an academic medical center and is the only one of its kind in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... An illustration from the 1918 edition Henry Grays Anatomy of the Human Body, commonly known as Grays Anatomy after Henry Gray, is an anatomy textbook widely regarded as a classic work on human anatomy. ...


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