Vesico-uterine pouch

Vesico-uterine pouch
Sagittal section of the lower part of a female trunk, right segment. (Excavatio vesicouterina labeled at bottom right.)
The epiploic foramen, greater sac or general cavity (red) and lesser sac, or omental bursa (blue). Uterovesical excavation labeled at bottom left, third from the bottom.
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Latin	excavatio vesicouterina
Dorlands /Elsevier	e_18/12347092
TA	A10.1.02.504F
FMA	14729
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

In human female anatomy, the vesico-uterine pouch, vesicouterine excavation (or uterovesical pouch of Meiring) is a second, but shallower, pouch formed from the peritoneum over the uterus and bladder, continued over the intestinal surface and fundus of the uterus onto its vesical surface, which it covers as far as the junction of the body and cervix uteri, and then to the bladder. Also termed Dunn's pouch, this is an important anatomical landmark for chronic endometriosis. Endometrial seeding in this region causes cyclical pain in women of child bearing age. Dunn's pouch is also an important factor in a retroverted uterus, which can frequently complicate pregnancies.

The vesico-uterine pouch is close to the anterior fornix of the vagina.

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Median sagittal section of female pelvis.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Anatomy photo:43:02-0102 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Female Pelvis: Distribution of the Peritoneum in the Female Pelvis"
Anatomy image:9612 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Anatomy image:9736 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Anatomy image:9758 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
figures/chapter_35/35-8.HTM — Basic Human Anatomy at Dartmouth Medical School

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

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Vesico-uterine pouch

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