Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Connecting, situated between, or otherwise pertaining to the ischium and the rectum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishial tuberosity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the region between the
rectum and theischial tuberosity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On either side a pad of fatty tissue extends deeply between the Levator ani and Obturator internus into a space known as the ischiorectal fossa.
IV. Myology. 1F. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Perineum 1918
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The deep fascia forms the lining of the ischiorectal fossa; it comprises the anal fascia, and the portion of obturator fascia below the origin of Levator ani.
IV. Myology. 1F. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Perineum 1918
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Piercing the wall of Alcocks canal it divides into two or three branches which cross the ischiorectal fossa, and are distributed to the muscles and integument of the anal region, and send offshoots around the lower edge of the Glutæus maximus to the skin of the buttock.
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The artery now crosses the Obturator internus, along the lateral wall of the ischiorectal fossa, being situated about 4 cm. above the lower margin of the ischial tuberosity.
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In the perineum it lies on the lateral wall of the ischiorectal fossa, in a canal (Alcocks canal) formed by the splitting of the obturator fascia.
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