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rectovesical pouch
- Term ID
- UBERON:0011204
- Synonyms
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- excavatio rectovesicalis
- rectovesical
- rectovesical excavation
- rectovesical pouch
- retrovesical excavation
- Definition
- Between the rectum and the bladder the peritoneal cavity forms, in the male, a pouch, the rectovesical excavation (or rectovesical pouch), the bottom of which is slightly below the level of the upper ends of the vesiculae seminalesbi. e. , about 7.5 cm. from the orifice of the anus. its lowest part membranous partition called Rectoprostatic fascia. The corresponding structure in women is the rectouterine pouch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recto-vesical_pouch
- References
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- NCIT:C33448
- Recto-vesical:pouch
- UMLS:C0230301
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0230301
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/261416006
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