Left Paracolic Gutter

The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.

Left paracolic gutter.

It can allow passage of infected peritoneal fluid from one space to the other intra abdominal spaces. It is smaller than the right paracolic gutter. The paracolic gutters are connected to the subphrenic spaces above and pelvic space below. Fluid in the pelvis may ascend the left paracolic gutter 5 but is stopped by the phrenicocolic ligament pcl.

A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon possesses a short mesentery for part of its length. The left gutter runs between the descending colon and the abdominal wall and just like the right gutter empties into the lower abdomen and pelvic area. The left medial paracolic gutter. Both paracolic spaces are in continuity with the pelvic peritoneal spaces.

Medical definition of paracolic gutter. The right paracolic gutter is a component of the right inframesocolic space continuous superiorly with the right subhepatic and right subphrenic spaces. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.

Both paracolic spaces are in continuity with the pelvic peritoneal spaces. There are two paracolic gutters in a human body. It is larger than the left paracolic gutter which is partially separated from the left subphrenic spaces by the phrenicocolic ligament. The right and left paracolic gutters are the spaces situated between the posterior abdominal wall back and the colon.

The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. A less obvious medial paracolic gutter may be formed especially on the right side if the colon possesses a short mesentery for part of its length. The left lateral paracolic gutter the right lateral paracolic gutter. Paracolic gutters refer to open areas between the wall of the abdomen and the colon.

Either of two grooves formed by the peritoneum and lying respectively lateral to the ascending and descending colons. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon. The left medial paracolic gutter. The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.