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Pelvic Floor Muscles-Innervation, Denervation and Ageing

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Imaging Pelvic Floor Disorders

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

Abstract

Striated muscle, including pelvic floor muscle (PFM) activity, is totally controlled by the nervous system. Although PFM are striated muscles and share many similarities with other striated muscles, they nevertheless differ in their control mechanisms from both limb and axial muscles, as they do not directly participate in interaction with the mechanical tasks in the external world, but rather participate in “visceral” activity.

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Vodušek, D.B. (2008). Pelvic Floor Muscles-Innervation, Denervation and Ageing. In: Imaging Pelvic Floor Disorders. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71968-7_3

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