Paracolic gutters

Paracolic gutters

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Latin = sulci paracolici
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Caption = Diagram devised by Delépine to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera.


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The paracolic gutters (paracolic sulci, paracolic recesses) are spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall.

Peritoneal (paracolic) gutters are spaces, or recesses, between the colon and the abdominal wall.

There are four peritoneal (paracolic) gutters:

* right lateral gutter

* left lateral gutter

* gutter to the right of the mesentery

* gutter to the left of the mesentery

These gutters are clinically important because they allow a passage for infectious fluids from different compartments of the abdomen.

External links

* - "Abdominal Cavity: Peritoneal Gutters"


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