Pudendal Nerve: Function, Pain, and Sexual Sensation
The pudendal nerve carries genital, perineal, and anal sensation while helping control pelvic-floor muscles and urinary and bowel sphincters.
The pudendal nerve carries genital, perineal, and anal sensation while helping control pelvic-floor muscles and urinary and bowel sphincters.
The vaginal canal is a flexible muscular passage connecting the vaginal opening with the cervix or upper vagina and supporting menstruation, sex, and childbirth.
The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and tissues supporting pelvic organs while helping control urination, bowel movements, posture, and sexual function.
The pelvis is the lower bony and muscular region that supports the spine, protects pelvic organs, and contributes to movement, reproduction, and sexual function.
Pelvic base refers broadly to the lower supporting region of the pelvis, especially the pelvic-floor muscles and tissues beneath the pelvic organs.
Incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine, stool, or gas and may result from pelvic-floor problems, childbirth, illness, injury, surgery, or nerve conditions.
A Kegel exercise contracts and relaxes the pelvic floor muscles to improve support, continence, coordination, and selected aspects of sexual function.
Pelvic sling is an informal term for the pelvic-floor muscles and tissues supporting pelvic organs, continence, sexual function, pregnancy, and childbirth.
Kegel muscles is an informal term for the pelvic floor muscles, which support pelvic organs and contribute to continence, penetration, ejaculation, and orgasm.
The pelvic diaphragm is the deep muscular floor of the pelvis that supports pelvic organs and contributes to continence, sexual function, pregnancy, and childbirth.