Preferred Label : uterovesical pouch;
Uberon definition : The peritoneum over the rectum and the bladder is continued over the intestinal surface
and fundus of the uterus on to its vesical surface, which it covers as far as the
junction of the body and cervix uteri, and then to the bladder, forming here a second,
but shallower, pouch, the vesicouterine excavation (or uterovesical pouch). The vesicouterine
excavation is close to the anterior fornix of the vagina.;
Uberon synonym : vesico-uterine pouch; excavatio vesico-uterina; vesicouterine pouch;
Uberon related term : excavatio vesiocuterina; vesicouterine; vesicouterine pouch; vesicouterine excavation;
Origin ID : 0011049;
UMLS CUI : C1519874;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
The peritoneum over the rectum and the bladder is continued over the intestinal surface
and fundus of the uterus on to its vesical surface, which it covers as far as the
junction of the body and cervix uteri, and then to the bladder, forming here a second,
but shallower, pouch, the vesicouterine excavation (or uterovesical pouch). The vesicouterine
excavation is close to the anterior fornix of the vagina.
