name	puborectalis_muscle
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 levator_ani_muscle 
label [en]	puborectalis muscle
speciesNo []	86
comment [en]	A band of muscle fibers that is part of the pubococcygeus, that passes from the pubic symphysis to interdigitate with the contralateral band of fibers forming a sling around the rectum at its junction with the anal canal, and that acts to hold the rectum and anal canal at right angles to each other except during defecation
ACC []	cy0000924
comment [de]	Teil des Musculus levator ani seitlich des Musculus pubococcygeus, vom Schambein schlingenförmig um die Flexura perinealis des Mastdarms verlaufend; dahinter mit dem Muskel der Gegenseite vereinigt
label [med]	Musculus puborectalis
organNo []	20392
hasPart	praerectal_fibres_of_puborectalis_muscle