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uterovesical pouch

excavatio vesico-uterina

Peritoneum passing over the rectum and bladder continues across the intestinal surface and fundus of the uterus and onto its vesical surface, covering it as far as the junction of the body and cervix uteri before reflecting onto the bladder. That reflection creates a second and shallower peritoneal recess, the vesicouterine excavation, also called the uterovesical pouch. It is shallower than the rectouterine recess formed behind the uterus, and it lies close to the anterior fornix of the vagina. Classified as a fold of peritoneum rather than an organ, the pouch is defined entirely by the course of the serous membrane between two pelvic viscera, and its Latin name, excavatio vesico-uterina, names the two organs that bound it.

The peritoneum over the rectum and the bladder is continued over the intestinal surface and fundus of the uterus on to its vesical surface, which it covers as far as the junction of the body and cervix uteri, and then to the bladder, forming here a second, but shallower, pouch, the vesicouterine excavation (or uterovesical pouch). The vesicouterine excavation is close to the anterior fornix of the vagina.

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Typ Organ
Übergeordnete Struktur fold of peritoneum
Lateinischer Name excavatio vesico-uterina
FMA ID 14729

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the uterovesical pouch?

The peritoneum over the rectum and the bladder is continued over the intestinal surface and fundus of the uterus on to its vesical surface, which it covers as far as the junction of the body and cervix uteri, and then to the bladder, forming here a second, but shallower, pouch, the vesicouterine exc

What is the Latin name for the uterovesical pouch?

The Latin name for the uterovesical pouch is excavatio vesico-uterina.

References

  1. Foundational Model of Anatomy — FMA:14729 Reference anatomy ontology (University of Washington)
  2. UBERON — UBERON:0011049 Cross-species anatomy ontology (EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service)
  3. Wikidata — Q7923217 Structured knowledge base cross-reference

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Data sources: Terminologia Anatomica, Foundational Model of Anatomy, Wikidata.