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pubovisceral en · ADJ

Etymology

From pubo- + visceral.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or connecting, the pubis and the viscera
    • Extensions of the rectal longitudinal smooth muscle to the coccygeal bone (rectococcygeal muscle), perineal body (rectoperineal muscle), and endopelvic fascia (conjoint longitudinal and pubovisceral muscles) formed a “diaphragm” at the inferior boundary of the mesorectum that suspended the anorectal junction. 2015 August 26, “3D Topography of the Young Adult Anal Sphincter Complex Reconstructed from Undeformed Serial Anatomical Sections”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: