The pubovesical ligament is the continuation of the
detrusor muscle and the
adventitia surrounding the
urinary bladder. It connects the urinary bladder to the
pubis and to the
tendinous arch of the pelvic fascia. It may also integrate fibres from the proximal side of the
prostate in
men.
Variation In the
female it is divided into two branches, the
lateral pubovesical ligament and the medial pubovesical ligament. The lateral branch extends from the neck of the bladder to the
tendinous arch of the
pelvic fascia. The
medial pubovesical ligament arises from the neck of the bladder and is a forward continuation of the tendinous arch to the pubis. In the
male the pubovesical ligament is parallel and medial to the puboprostatic ligament. The
puboprostatic ligament is a thickening of the superior
fascia of the
pelvic diaphragm, that extends laterally from the
prostate to the tendinous arch of the pelvic fascia and continues forward and medially from the tendinous arch to the pubis. == Function ==