Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
levator ani Pronunciation:
-'A-"nI Function:
noun : a broad thin muscle that is attached in a sheet to each side of the inner surface of thepelvis and descends to form the floor of the pelvic cavity where it supports the viscera and surrounds structures which pass through it and inserts into the sides of the apex of the coccyx, the marginsof the anus, the side of the rectum, and the central tendinous point of the perineum —see
ILIOCOCCYGEUS,
PUBOCOCCYGEUS
