Pudendal canal
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main otherThe pudendal canal (also called Alcock's canal) is an anatomical structure formed by the obturator fascia (fascia of the obturator internus muscle) lining the lateral wall of the ischioanal fossa. The internal pudendal artery and veins, and pudendal nerve pass through the pudendal canal, and the perineal nerve arises within it.[1]
Clinical significance
Template:Main article Pudendal nerve entrapment can occur when the pudendal nerve is compressed while it passes through the pudendal canal.[2]
History
The pudendal canal is also known as Alcock's canal, named after Benjamin Alcock.[3]
Additional images
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The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Canal not labeled, but pudendal nerve and internal pudendal artery labeled at bottom right.)
See also
References
Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from Template:Wikidatathe 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) Template:Main other
External links
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- Anatomy photo:41:08-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center — "The Female Perineum: Contents of the Pudendal Canal"
- Diagram at pudendal.info
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