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| Sagittal section of the lower part of a female trunk, right segment. (Excavatio vesicouterina labeled at bottom right.) | |
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| The epiploic foramen, greater sac or general cavity (red) and lesser sac, or omental bursa (blue). Uterovesical excavation labeled at bottom left, third from the bottom. | |
| Latin | excavatio vesicouterina |
| Gray's | subject #246 1152 |
The Vesicouterine pouch (or Glassy 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 excavation (or uterovesical pouch).
The vesicouterine excavation is close to the anterior fornix of the vagina.
Additional images
 Median sagittal section of female pelvis. |
See also
External links
- SUNY Labs 43:02-0102 - "The Female Pelvis: Distribution of the Peritoneum in the Female Pelvis"
- SUNY Anatomy Image 9612
- SUNY Anatomy Image 9736
- SUNY Anatomy Image 9758
- Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_35/35-8.HTM
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