- paracolic recesses
- sulci paracolici.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
paracolic recesses
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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
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