- paracolic sulci
- sulci paracolici [TA] paracolic gutters: small, shallow, and variable peritoneal pockets found lateral to the descending colon; called also 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
paracolic gutters — sulci paracolici … Medical dictionary
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Sulcus — From the Latin for a groove, furrow, or trench. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the superior pulmonary sulcus. * * * 1. [TA] One of the grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain, bounding the several… … 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
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