Urogenital peritoneum

Urogenital peritoneum
The epiploic foramen, greater sac or general cavity (red) and lesser sac, or omental bursa (blue).
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Identifiers
Latin	peritoneum urogenitale
TA98	A10.1.02.501
TA2	3738
FMA	77428
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Urogenital peritoneum is a portion of the posterior abdominal peritoneum that is found below the linea terminalis.^[1]

It includes the broad ligament of uterus.

References

^ Fritsch, Helga; Kuehnel, Wolfgang (2008). Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Volume 2: Internal Organs (v. 2). Thieme Medical Publishers. p. 188. ISBN 978-3-13-533405-9.

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Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentery

General

Peritoneum
- cavity
Mesentery

Abdominal

From ventral mesentery	Lesser omentum Hepatoduodenal ligament Hepatogastric ligament Liver Coronary ligament (Left triangular ligament Right triangular ligament Hepatorenal ligament) Falciform ligament Round ligament of liver Ligamentum venosum
From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery Splenorenal ligament Phrenicocolic ligament Folds Umbilical folds Supravesical fossa Medial inguinal fossa Lateral umbilical fold Lateral inguinal fossa Ileocecal fold
Abdominal cavity	Greater sac Lesser sac Omental foramen
General	Cystohepatic triangle Hepatorenal recess Abdominal wall Inguinal triangle Peritoneal recesses Paracolic gutters Paramesenteric gutters

Pelvic

Uterus/ovaries	Broad ligament of the uterus Mesovarium Mesosalpinx Mesometrium) Ovarian ligament Suspensory ligament of ovary
Recesses	Female Rectouterine pouch Rectouterine fold (Uterosacral ligament) Vesicouterine pouch Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa Retroperitonium Male Rectovesical pouch Pararectal fossa

Spaces

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