Fascial structures and autonomic nerves in the female pelvis: A study using macroscopic slices and their corresponding histology

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 228-242

  Tamakawa, Mitsuharu ^a   Murakami, Gen ^a   Takashima, Ken ^b   Kato, Tomoyasu ^c   Hareyama, Masato ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Muroran Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardinal ligament of the uterus; Hypogastric nerve; Pelvic splanchnic nerve; Rectal lateral ligament; Uterosacral ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BONE MATRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MORPHOLOGY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE SLICE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

EID: 0345170719     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-7722.2003.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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