Dissection of male pelvis from a lateral approach
Pelvic peritoneal cavity
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Dissection of male pelvis from a lateral approach
Pelvic peritoneal cavity
This view of the pelvic part of the peritoneal cavity in a male subject is inserted to accompany the views of dissections for the purpose of showing the relations of organs in an intact body.
- Ileum (retracted upward)
- Promontory
- Vermiform appendix (folded sharply upon itself)
- Upper pointer: Pararectal fossa Lower pointer: Sacral flexure of rectum
- Location of right ureter beneath peritoneum
- Medial umbilical fold
- Urinary bladder
- Descending colon
- Sigmoid colon
- Area of transition from descending colon to sigmoid colon
- Lateral umbilical fold
- Median umbilical fold