They connect abdominal cavity to pelvic cavity providing pathways for spread of infection or cancer cells.
Abdominal gutters vs pouches.
It is continuous with the peritoneum which lines the hepatorenal pouch and through the epiploic foramen the lesser.
The right lateral paracolic gutter.
Both paracolic gutters run laterally along the back side of the abdominal wall and are situated between the abdominal wall and the outer margin of the colon.
Hepatorenal recess morison s pouch b rectovesical pouch in males or.
Peritoneal spaces are separate compartments within the peritoneal cavity.
There are two paracolic gutters.
Left paracolic gutter lateral to descending colon 2.
Right paracolic gutter lateral to ascending colon b.
This fluid acts as a lubricant enabling free movement of the abdominal viscera and the antibodies in the fluid fight infection.
The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall structure.
The peritoneal cavity can be divided into the follo.
Result in formation of gutters recesses pouches.
The two paracolic gutters and the two paramesenteric gutters there are other smaller recesses including those around the duodenojejunal flexure cecum and the sigmoid colon.
The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum.
Peritoneal recesses or peritoneal gutters are the spaces formed by peritoneum draping over viscera.
It normally contains only a thin film of peritoneal fluid which consists of water electrolytes leukocytes and antibodies.
The term refers mainly to four spaces in the abdominal cavity.
The left medial paracolic gutter.