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  2. Levator ani - Wikipedia

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    The coccygeus muscle completes the pelvic floor, which is also called the pelvic diaphragm. It supports the viscera in the pelvic cavity, and surrounds the various structures that pass through it. The levator ani is the main pelvic floor muscle and contracts rhythmically during female orgasm, and painfully during vaginismus. [4]

  3. Quadratus lumborum muscle - Wikipedia

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    Elevates the Ilium (bone), with ipsilateral contraction ("hip hiking") Additional functions: Vertical stabilization of pelvis, lumbar spine, and lumbosacral junction. Prevents collapse of the vertebral column in the frontal plane (i.e. scoliosis) Reserve mover actions: anterior pelvic tilt. Contralateral lateral pelvic rotation.

  4. Coccygeus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The coccygeus muscle is posterior to levator ani and anterior to the sacrospinous ligament in the pelvic floor.It is a triangular plane of muscular and tendinous fibers. It arises by its apex from the spine of the ischium and sacrospinous ligament.

  5. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The muscle which can 'cancel' or to some degree reverse the action of the muscle. Muscle synergies are noted in parentheses when relevant. O (Occurrences) Number of times that the named muscle row occurs in a standard human body. Here it may also be denoted when a given muscles only occurs in a male or a female body.

  6. Vaginal support structures - Wikipedia

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    The muscular pelvic diaphragm is composed of the bilateral levator ani and coccygeus muscles and these attach to the inner pelvic surface. The iliococcygeus and pubococcygeus make up the levator ani muscle. The muscles pass behind the rectum. The levator ani surrounds the opening which the urethra, rectum and vagina pass.

  7. Pelvic floor - Wikipedia

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    Female pelvic muscles Male pelvic muscles. The pelvic floor or pelvic diaphragm is an anatomical location in the human body, [1] which has an important role in urinary and anal continence, sexual function and support of the pelvic organs. [2] The pelvic floor includes muscles, both skeletal and smooth, ligaments and fascia.

  8. List of elevators of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Trapezius muscle; elevation of the ribs. Pectoralis minor muscle; Scalene muscles; mandible. Medial pterygoid muscle; upper lip. Levator labii superioris; upper lip and wing of nose. Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle; angle of mouth. Levator anguli oris; upper eyelid. Levator palpebrae superioris muscle; eyeball. Superior rectus muscle

  9. Cremaster muscle - Wikipedia

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    The cremaster muscle is a paired structure, there being one on each side of the body. [1] Anatomically, the lateral cremaster muscle originates from the internal oblique muscle, just superior to the inguinal canal, and the middle of the inguinal ligament. The medial cremaster muscle, which sometimes is absent, originates from the pubic tubercle ...