This fluid acts as a lubricant enabling free movement of the abdominal viscera and the antibodies in the fluid fight infection.
Abdominal gutters vs pouches.
Both paracolic gutters run laterally along the back side of the abdominal wall and are situated between the abdominal wall and the outer margin of the colon.
The right lateral gutter is much larger and allows for greater drainage than the left gutter.
The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum.
Hepatorenal recess morison s pouch b rectovesical pouch in males or.
The right lateral paracolic gutter.
The two paracolic gutters and the two paramesenteric gutters there are other smaller recesses including those around the duodenojejunal flexure cecum and the sigmoid colon.
Left paracolic gutter lateral to descending colon 2.
Peritoneal spaces are separate compartments within the peritoneal cavity.
It normally contains only a thin film of peritoneal fluid which consists of water electrolytes leukocytes and antibodies.
The peritoneal cavity can be divided into the follo.
The left medial paracolic gutter.
Gross anatomy these spaces are separated or compartmentalized by various peritoneal ligaments and their attachments.
Result in formation of gutters recesses pouches.
Right paracolic gutter lateral to ascending colon b.
The term refers mainly to four spaces in the abdominal cavity.
It is continuous with the peritoneum which lines the hepatorenal pouch and through the epiploic foramen the lesser.
The paracolic gutters paracolic sulci paracolic recesses are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall structure.
They connect abdominal cavity to pelvic cavity providing pathways for spread of infection or cancer cells.