Anal triangle

The anal triangle can be defined either by its vertices or its sides.

• Vertices
  • one vertex at the coccyx bone
  • the two ischial tuberosities of the pelvic bone
• Sides
  • perineal membrane (posterior border of perineal membrane forms anterior border of anal triangle)
  • the two sacrotuberous ligaments

Some components of the anal triangle include:^[1]

• Ischioanal fossa
• Anococcygeal body
• Sacrotuberous ligament
• Sacrospinous ligament
• Pudendal nerve
• Internal pudendal artery and internal pudendal vein
• Anal canal
• Muscles
  • External anal sphincter
  • Gluteus maximus muscle
  • Obturator internus muscle
  • Levator ani muscle
  • Coccygeus muscle

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  Articulations of pelvis. Posterior view.
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  The posterior aspect of the rectum exposed by removing the lower part of the sacrum and the coccyx.
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  Muscles of the Female Perineum.
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  The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery.

• Perineum
• Urogenital triangle