pouch

[powch]

a bag or pocket; see also cavity, recess, and sac.

abdominovesical pouch the pouchlike reflection of the peritoneum from the abdominal wall to the anterior surface of the bladder.

craniobuccal pouch (craniopharyngeal pouch) Rathke's pouch.

Douglas' pouch Douglas' cul-de-sac.

Indiana pouch a bladder surgically created using a segment of isolated, detubularized colon that may or may not be patched with small bowel. The ureters are implanted into the pouch in a non-refluxing manner. A continence stoma to the abdomen is created by intussusception of a small segment of bowel.

Kock pouch see kock pouch.

Prussak's pouch a recess in the tympanic membrane between the flaccid part of the membrane and the neck of the malleus.

Rathke's pouch a diverticulum from the embryonic buccal cavity from which the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland is developed. Called also craniobuccal or craniopharyngeal pouch.

rectouterine pouch Douglas' cul-de-sac.

Seessel's pouch an outpouching of the embryonic pharynx rostrad to the pharyngeal membrane and caudal to Rathke's pouch.

rec·to·u·ter·ine pouch

[TA]

a pocket formed by the deflection of the peritoneum from the rectum to the uterus.

Synonym(s): excavatio rectouterina [TA], cavum douglasi, cul-de-sac (2) , Douglas cul-de-sac, Douglas pouch, pouch of Douglas, rectovaginouterine pouch

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rec·to·u·ter·ine pouch

(rek'tō-yū'tĕr-in powch) [TA]

A pocket formed by the deflection of the peritoneum from the rectum to the uterus.
Synonym(s): excavatio rectouterina [TA] , cul-de-sac (2) .

Douglas,

James, Scottish anatomist in London, 1675-1742.

cavum douglasi - Synonym(s): Douglas cul-de-sac

Douglas abscess - suppuration in Douglas pouch.

Douglas cul-de-sac - a pocket formed by the deflection of the peritoneum from the rectum to the uterus. Synonym(s): cavum douglasi; Douglas pouch; rectouterine pouch

Douglas fold - a fold of peritoneum, containing the rectouterine muscle, forming the lateral boundary of the rectouterine (Douglas) pouch. Synonym(s): sacrouterine fold

Douglas line - a crescentic line that marks the lower limit of the posterior layer of the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle. Synonym(s): arcuate line of rectus sheath

Douglas pouch - Synonym(s): Douglas cul-de-sac