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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:rectovesical pouch
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Accession:UBERON:0011204 term browser browse the term
Definition:Between the rectum and the bladder the peritoneal cavity forms, in the male, a pouch, the rectovesical excavation (or rectovesical pouch), the bottom of which is slightly below the level of the upper ends of the vesiculae seminalesbi. e. , about 7.5 cm. from the orifice of the anus. its lowest part membranous partition called Rectoprostatic fascia. The corresponding structure in women is the rectouterine pouch.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: recto-vesical pouch;   rectovesical space
 related_synonym: excavatio rectovesicalis;   rectovesical;   rectovesical excavation;   retrovesical excavation
 xref: FMA:14727;   NCI:C33448;   SCTID:261416006;   UMLS:C0230301;   Wikipedia:Recto-vesical_pouch


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      immaterial anatomical entity 0
        anatomical space 0
          anatomical cavity 0
            rectovesical pouch 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              organism subdivision 0
                main body axis 0
                  subdivision of organism along main body axis 0
                    trunk 0
                      subdivision of trunk 0
                        abdominal segment of trunk 0
                          abdomen 0
                            abdominal wall 0
                              peritoneum 0
                                rectovesical pouch 0
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