Histo-topographic study of the longitudinal anal muscle

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 447-452

  Macchi, Veronica ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Vigato, Enrico ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Anal sphincters; Defecation; Incontinence; Pelvic floor; Perineum; Rectum; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CADAVER; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONGITUDINAL ANAL MUSCLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE FIXATION;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 47149085275     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20633     Document Type: Article

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