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A 62-year-old man is admitted to the emergency department due to increasing difficulty in urinating over a period of several months. Physical examination reveals prostatic hypertrophy. After several unsuccessful attempts to catheterize the penile urethra, the urologist orders drainage of the urinary bladder by the least invasive procedure, avoiding entry into the peritoneal cavity or the injury of any major vessels or organs. Which of the following spaces needs to be traversed by the needle to reach the bladder?

AIschioanal fossa
BPerineal body
CRetropubic space (of Retzius)
DSuperficial perineal cleft
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