Urogenital peritoneum

Urogenital peritoneum
The epiploic foramen, greater sac or general cavity (red) and lesser sac, or omental bursa (blue).
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Identifiers
Latin	peritoneum urogenitale
TA	A10.1.02.501
FMA	77428
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

Urogenital peritoneum is a portion of the posterior abdominal peritoneum that is found below the linea terminalis.^[1]

It includes the broad ligament of uterus.

References

↑ Fritsch, Helga; Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Volume 2: Internal Organs (v. 2). Thieme Medical Publishers. p. 188. ISBN 3-13-533405-8.

Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentery

General

Abdominal

From ventral mesentery	Lesser omentum Hepatoduodenal ligament Hepatogastric ligament Liver Coronary ligament (Left triangular ligament Right triangular ligament Hepatorenal ligament) Falciform ligament (Round ligament of liver and Ligamentum venosum in it, but not of it)

From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery Transverse mesocolon Sigmoid mesocolon Mesoappendix Root of the mesentery Splenorenal ligament Phrenicocolic ligament Folds Umbilical folds Supravesical fossa Medial inguinal fossa Lateral umbilical fold Lateral inguinal fossa Ileocecal fold

Abdominal cavity	Greater sac Lesser sac Omental foramen

General	Cystohepatic triangle Hepatorenal recess of subhepatic space Abdominal wall Inguinal triangle Peritoneal recesses Paracolic gutters Paramesenteric gutters

Pelvic

Uterus/ovaries	Broad ligament of the uterus Mesovarium Mesosalpinx Mesometrium) Ovarian ligament Suspensory ligament of ovary

Recesses	Male Recto-vesical pouch Pararectal fossa Female Recto-uterine pouch Recto-uterine fold (Uterosacral ligament) Vesico-uterine pouch Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa Retroperitonium

Spaces

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