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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Mar;111(3):686–693. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318163a9a5

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Histologic (trichrome) sections of an adult female cadaver in coronal plane demonstrating the complex, 3-dimensional nature of the ventral portion and its relationship with the superior fascia of the levator ani muscles and the endopelvic fascia of the paraurethral/paravaginal supports. The right of each image is the midline portion of the specimen; cross sections run from ventral (A) to dorsal (F). Abbreviations: arcus tendineus fascia pelvis (ATFP); clitoral crus (CC); compressor urethrae/urethrovaginal sphincter muscles (CU/UVS); levator ani muscles (LAM); neurovascular bundle (NVB); striated urethral sphincter (SUS); vestibular bulb (VB). (© DeLancey 2007)