Greater Sac 3D

  • Description                                     
    • * Extends across the entire breadth of the abdomen and from the diaphragm to the pelvic floor.
    • * Presents numerous recesses into which pus from an abscess may be drained.

                                                                                                           

  • Subphrenic Recess:                      
    • * Is a peritoneal pocket between the diaphragm and the anterior and superior part of the liver and is separated into right and left recesses by the falciform ligament.

                                                                                                                         

  • Subhepatic Recess:                                
    • * Also known as Morrison's pouch. It is a deep peritoneal pocket between the liver anteriorly and the kidney and suprarenal gland posteriorly.
    • * Communicates with the lesser sac via the epiploic foramen and the right paracolic gutter.

                                                                                                                

  • Paracolic Recesses:
    • * Lie lateral to the ascending colon (right paracolic gutter) and lateral to the descending colon (left paracolic gutter).

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  • Description                                     
    • * Extends across the entire breadth of the abdomen and from the diaphragm to the pelvic floor.
    • * Presents numerous recesses into which pus from an abscess may be drained.

                                                                                                           

  • Subphrenic Recess:                      
    • * Is a peritoneal pocket between the diaphragm and the anterior and superior part of the liver and is separated into right and left recesses by the falciform ligament.

                                                                                                                         

  • Subhepatic Recess:                                
    • * Also known as Morrison's pouch. It is a deep peritoneal pocket between the liver anteriorly and the kidney and suprarenal gland posteriorly.
    • * Communicates with the lesser sac via the epiploic foramen and the right paracolic gutter.

                                                                                                                

  • Paracolic Recesses:
    • * Lie lateral to the ascending colon (right paracolic gutter) and lateral to the descending colon (left paracolic gutter).

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