Medical Definition of Deep transverse perineal
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Origin, ramus of ischium; insertion, with its fellow in a median raphe; action, assists sphincter urethrae with some sphincteric action on vagina in female; nerve supply, pudendal (dorsal nerve of penis/clitoris).
Synonym: musculus transversus perinei profundus, deep transverse muscle of perineum, musculus sphincter vaginae, sphincter vaginae.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep Transverse Perineal
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