- paravesical fossa
- fossa paravesicalis [TA] the fossa formed by the peritoneum on each side of the urinary bladder, into which the obturator canal opens; in females it is the lateral part of the vesicouterine pouch.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Paravesical fossa — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = fossa paravesicalis GraySubject = 256 GrayPage = 1154 Caption = The peritoneum of the male pelvis. (The urinary bladder is the swelling at the center, and the paravesical fossa is visible on the right and… … Wikipedia
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