Rectouterine_fold Knowpia

Rectouterine fold
Rectouterine fold
	Female pelvis and its contents, seen from above and in front. (Sacrogenital fold labeled at bottom left.)
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Latin	plica rectouterina
TA98	A10.1.02.511F
TA2	3806
FMA	16533
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The rectouterine fold is a bilaterally paired prominent ridge^[1]/fold^[2] of the peritoneum that represents the lateral boundary of the rectouterine pouch on either side.^[1]^[2] It is formed by the underlying rectouterine muscle. On either side, the rectouterine fold extends between the sacrum medially, and the base of the broad ligament of the uterus laterally.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2017). Essential Clinical Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 570. ISBN 978-1496347213.
^ ^a ^b ^c "plica rectouterina". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.

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Anatomy photo:43:st-1501 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Female Pelvis: Rectouterine"

[Moore-20112-1] Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2017). Essential Clinical Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 570. ISBN 978-1496347213.

[:0-2] "plica rectouterina". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.

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