Interrelationships and approximate location of paraurethral structures

Figure 45-1. Interrelationships and approximate location of paraurethral structures. Levator ani muscles are shown as light lines running deep to the pelvic viscera. AT, arcus tendineus fasciae pelvis; BC, bulbocavernosus muscle; CU, compressor urethrae; D, detrusor loop; IC, ischiocavernosus muscle; LA, levator ani muscles; MAT, muscular attachment of the urethral supports; PVL, pubovesical ligament (muscle); US, urethral sphincter; UVS, urethrovaginal sphincter.