name	levator_ani_muscle
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 pelvic_diaphragm 
child	 pubococcygeus_muscle 
child	 iliococcygeus_muscle 
child	 puborectalis_muscle 
speciesNo []	86
comment [de]	die Muskeln beider Seiten bilden eine trichterförmige Platte, die den Beckenausgang verschließen hilft; Muskelbündel beidseits lassen zwischen sich eine Lücke zum Durchtritt von Mastdarm, (Vagina), Harnröhre; Funktion: Haltefunktion für Beckeneingeweide
label [med]	Musculus levator ani
organNo []	20343
ACC []	cy0046956
comment [en]	A broad thin muscle that is attached in a sheet to each side of the inner surface of the pelvis 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 margins of the anus, the side of the rectum, and the central tendinous point of the perineum
label [en]	levator ani muscle
attachedToOrigin	pubic_body
hasPart	tendinous_arch_of_levator_ani_muscle
attachedToOrigin	obturator_fascia
attachedToOrigin	ischial_spine
attachedToApproach	perineum