The muscles of the deep pelvic floor are known as the levator ani muscles. The deep pelvic floor has two components: The pubovisceral and the iliococygeal muscles. The pubovisceral muscles are the pubococcygeus and the puborectalis muscles.
The levator ani muscles are: The iliococcygeal muscle (green asterix), the pubococcygeus muscle (cyan asterix) and the puborectalis muscle (yellow asterix).
