Pararectal fossa

Pararectal fossa
The peritoneum of the male pelvis. (Pararectal fossa visible at center left.)
Female pelvis and its contents, seen from above and in front. (Pararectal fossa labeled at bottom left.)
Details
Latin	fossa pararectalis
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	12662625
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TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terminology [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

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.

External links

• Anatomy photo:43:02-0402 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Female Pelvis: Distribution of the Peritoneum in the Female Pelvis"

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)