Exploration of peritoneal cavity |
Retrocecal fossa; retrocecal appendix |
Comparison of this specimen with the one shown in the preceding view (139-7) serves to demonstrate variations in the attachment of the cecum to the posterior abdominal wall. In the present example a cecal fold (5) forms one boundary of a deep retrocecal fossa into which the appendix extends. |
1
.
| Cecum (elevated) | 2
.
| Omental taenia coli | 3
.
| Mesoappendix | 4
.
| Retrocecal recess | 5
.
| Cecal fold | 6
.
| Mesenteries | 7
.
| Ileum | 8
.
| Vermiform appendix (sharply angulated; upper pointer indicates distal segment) | 9
.
| Pelvic cavity |
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