Deep perineal pouch
The deep perineal pouch is an anatomic space superior (deep) to the perineal membrane in the urogenital triangle of the perineum, anterior to the transverse line between the ischial tuberosities.
Gross anatomy
The deep perineal pouch is above (deep to) the perineal membrane in the urogenital triangle.
Boundaries
- roof: fascia of the pelvic floor
- floor: perineal membrane
Contents
Males
- membranous urethra
- deep transverse perineal muscles
- sphincter urethrae
- paired bulbourethral glands (Cowper's glands). Their ducts drain into the bulbous urethra below the perineal membrane (i.e. in the superficial perineal pouch)
- internal pudendal vessels
- dorsal nerve of the penis
Females
- proximal urethra
- deep transverse perineal muscles
- compressor urethrae muscle
- urethrovaginalis muscle
- sphincter urethrae
- internal pudendal vessels
- dorsal nerve of clitoris
Related pathology
