The peritoneum of the anterior pelvic wall covers the superior surface of the bladder, and on either side of this viscus forms a depression, termed the paravesical fossa, which is limited laterally by the fold of peritoneum covering the ductus deferens.
Paravesical fossa | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | fossa paravesicalis |
TA98 | A10.1.02.502 |
TA2 | 3723 |
FMA | 16546 |
Anatomical terminology |
The size of this fossa is dependent on the state of distension of the bladder; when the bladder is empty, a variable fold of peritoneum, the plica vesicalis transversa, divides the fossa into two portions.
External links
edit- Anatomy photo:43:02-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Female Pelvis: Distribution of the Peritoneum in the Female Pelvis"
References
editThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1154 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)