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paracolic gutter
- Term ID
- UBERON:0035210
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- Definition
- The paracolic gutters (paracolic sulci, paracolic recesses) are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall. There are two paracolic gutters: The right lateral paracolic gutter. The left lateral paracolic gutter. These gutters are clinically important because they allow a passage for infectious fluids from different compartments of the abdomen. For example; fluid from an infected appendix can track up the right paracolic gutter to the hepatorenal recess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracolic_gutters
- References
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- NCIT:C89787
- Paracolic:gutters
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0230267
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/243980001
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