Pararectal fossa
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| Pararectal fossa |
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| The peritoneum of the male pelvis. (Pararectal fossa visible at center left.) |
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| Female pelvis and its contents, seen from above and in front. (Pararectal fossa labeled at bottom left.) |
| Latin |
fossa pararectalis |
| Gray's |
subject #246 1154 |
In the male, the peritoneum encircles the sigmoid colon, from which it is reflected to the posterior wall of the pelvis as a fold, the sigmoid mesocolon. It then leaves the sides and, finally, the front of the rectum, and is continued on to the upper ends of the seminal vesicles and the bladder; on either side of the rectum it forms a fossa, the pararectal fossa, which varies in size with the distension of the rectum.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 43:02-0402 - "The Female Pelvis: Distribution of the Peritoneum in the Female Pelvis"
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
