The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.
Left paracolic gutter.
The left medial paracolic gutter.
The left lateral paracolic gutter the right lateral paracolic gutter.
The left medial paracolic gutter.
It is smaller than the right paracolic gutter.
The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.
The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.
It can allow passage of infected peritoneal fluid from one space to the other intra abdominal spaces.
The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.
Both paracolic spaces are in continuity with the pelvic peritoneal spaces.
A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon possesses a short mesentery for part of its length.
Both paracolic spaces are in continuity with the pelvic peritoneal spaces.
It is larger than the left paracolic gutter which is partially separated from the left subphrenic spaces by the phrenicocolic ligament.
Paracolic gutters refer to open areas between the wall of the abdomen and the colon.
The left gutter runs between the descending colon and the abdominal wall and just like the right gutter empties into the lower abdomen and pelvic area.
Fluid in the pelvis may ascend the left paracolic gutter 5 but is stopped by the phrenicocolic ligament pcl.
The right paracolic gutter is a component of the right inframesocolic space continuous superiorly with the right subhepatic and right subphrenic spaces.
A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon possesses a short mesentery for part of its length.
The paracolic gutters are connected to the subphrenic spaces above and pelvic space below.
The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.
The left lateral paracolic gutter.
The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.
Either of two grooves formed by the peritoneum and lying respectively lateral to the ascending and descending colons.
There are two paracolic gutters in a human body.
The left paracolic gutter is a component of the left inframesocolic space partially separated from the left subphrenic spaces by the phrenicocolic ligament.
