- paracolic gutters
- sulci paracolici.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
paracolic gutters
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Paracolic gutters — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = sulci paracolici GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Diagram devised by Delépine to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera. Caption2 = System =… … Wikipedia
paracolic sulci — sulci paracolici [TA] paracolic gutters: small, shallow, and variable peritoneal pockets found lateral to the descending colon; called also paracolic recesses … Medical dictionary
gutter — Deep recess or grooves. paracolic gutters [TA] the grooves between the lateral aspect of the ascending or descending colon and the abdominal wall. SYN: sulci paracolici [TA], paracolic recesses. paravertebral g. SYN: pulmonary groove. * * * … Medical dictionary
recess — A small hollow or indentation. SYN: recessus [TA]. [L. recessus] anterior r. a circumscript deepening of the interpeduncular fossa in the direction of the mamillary bodies. SYN: recessus anterior [TA]. anterior r. of tympanic … Medical dictionary
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Mesothelium — Micrograph of benign mesothelial cells. Peritoneal wash. Pap stain … Wikipedia
Mesentery — Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the lower part of the abdomen. The mesentery is marked with red … Wikipedia
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Lesser omentum — The primitive mesentery of a six weeks’ human embryo, half schematic. (Lesser omentum labeled at left.) … Wikipedia
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