Corpus: Pelvic fascia

The pelvic fascia is the fascia that lines the inside of the pelvis. It continues cranially into the transversalis fascia.

The pelvic fascia is made up of two parts (fascia sheets) that are connected to each other by folds.

Fascia pelvis visceralis[Bearbeiten]

The pelvic visceral fascia covers the organs of the small pelvis (urinary bladder, rectum, vagina in women, prostate in men). In some places between the organs, the fibrous tissue is so reinforced that these structures are given their own names, e.g. the rectoprostatica fascia or the rectovaginal fascia.

Pelvic fascia parietalis[Bearbeiten]

The pelvic parietal fascia is also known as the endopelvic fascia. It lines the surrounding pelvic wall from the inside or adheres to it ventrally, laterally and dorsally. Among other things, it covers the internal obturator muscle, the piriformis muscle, the pelvic floor muscles and parts of the bony pelvis. The sacral part of the fascia sheet is also known as Waldeyer's fascia.

• Schünke et al, PROMETHEUS Innere Organe (6th, completely revised and expanded edition), Thieme Verlag, 2022