[Subdivision of the female pelvic connective tissue: new interpretation based on morphological and embryological studies].

As we suppose that the knowledge of the prenatal development within the pelvic floor is necessary to understand the subdivision of the pelvic connective tissue we studied transparent sections through the untouched pelvis of fetuses and newborn. We compared them with those of adults and included modern imaging techniques. Our results show, that the classical concept concerning the subdivision of the pelvic connective tissue needs to be revised.