| CCS | Canadian Cardiovascular Society; casualty clearing station; cell cycle specific; cholecystosonograph... |
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| DC | daily census; data communication; data conversion; decrease; deep compartment; Dental Corps; deoxych... |
| FCS | faciocutaneoskeletal syndrome; fecal containment system; feedback control system; fetal calf serum; ... |
| IMP | idiopathic myeloid proliferation; impression; incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism; individual Medi... |
| MBFC | medial brachial fascial compartment |
| perineal branches of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Branches of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve which convey sensory fibres to the skin of the lateral-most perineum and adjacent portions of the upper medial thigh. Synonym: rami perineales nervi cutanei femoris posterioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| perineal flexure of rectum | The anteroposterior curve with convexity anteriorward of the last portion of the rectum. Synonym: flexura perinealis recti, anorectal angle, anorectal flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal hernia | A hernia protruding through the pelvic diaphragm. Synonym: levator hernia, pudendal hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal hypospadias | Hypospadias in which the urethral defect continues along the perineum to near the anus; the scrotum is usually cleft, the testes undescended, and the penis rudimentary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal lithotomy | Lithotomy in which the bladder is approached by an incision in the perineum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal membrane | The layer of fascia extending between the ischiopubic rami inferior to the sphincter urethrae and the deep transverse perineal muscles. Synonym: membrana perinei, fascia diaphragmatis urogenitalis inferior, Camper's ligament, ligamentum triangulare, perineal membrane, triangular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal muscles | The muscles located in the perineal region; these are the external anal sphincter, the superficial transverse perineal muscle, ischiocavernosus muscle, bulbospongiosus muscle, deep transverse perineal muscle, and sphincter urethrae muscle. Synonym: musculi perinei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal nerves | The superficial terminal branches of the pudendal nerve, supplying most of the muscles of the perineum (deep branch) as well as the skin of that region (superficial branch). Synonym: nervi perineales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal raphe | The central anteroposterior line of the perineum, most marked in the male, being continuous with the raphe of the scrotum. Synonym: raphe perinei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal region | The regio at the lower end of the trunk, anterior to the sacral region and posterior to the pubic region between the thighs; it is divided into the anal triangle posteriorly and the urogenital triangle anteriorly. Synonym: regio perinealis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal section | Any section through the perineum, either lateral or median lithotomy or external urethrotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal spaces | See: deep perineal space, superficial perineal space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perineal surgery | An operation to remove the prostate gland through an incision made between the scrotum and the anus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perineal urethrotomy | external urethrotomy |
| Savage's perineal body | central tendon of perineum |