Rectoprostatic fascia

Rectoprostatic fascia

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Identifiers
Latin| fascia rectoprostatica
TA98| A04.5.03.004M
TA2| 3831
FMA| 19933
Anatomical terminology

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The rectoprostatic fascia (Denonvilliers' fascia) is a membranous partition at the lowest part of the rectovesical pouch. It separates the prostate and urinary bladder from the rectum.[1] It consists of a single fibromuscular structure with several layers that are fused together and covering the seminal vesicles. It is also called Denonvilliers' fascia after French anatomist and surgeon Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers.[2]

The structure corresponds to the rectovaginal fascia in the female. The rectoprostatic fascia also inhibits the posterior spread of prostatic adenocarcinoma; therefore invasion of the rectum is less common than is invasion of other contiguous structures.

## References

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1. ^ "Dorland's Medical Dictionary". Retrieved 2007-12-11.
2. ^ Denonvilliers' fascia at Whonamedit?

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Muscles and ligaments of abdomen and pelvis

Abdominal wall|

| Anterior/
lateral|

| Muscle|

* Abdominal external oblique
* Transverse abdominal
* Conjoint tendon
* Rectus sheath
* Rectus abdominis
* Pyramidalis
* Arcuate line
* Tendinous intersection
* Cremaster
* Abdominal internal oblique

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Fascia|

* Abdominal fascia
* Panniculus adiposus
* Fascia of Camper
* Membranous layer
* Fascia of Scarpa
* Transverse fascia
* Interfoveolar ligament
* Linea alba
* Linea semilunaris

Inguinal|

* Inguinal triangle
* Inguinal canal
* Deep inguinal ring
* Superficial inguinal ring
* Intercrural fibers
* Crura of superficial inguinal ring
* Inguinal ligament
* Pectineal ligament
* Lacunar ligament
* Reflected ligament

Posterior|

| Muscle|

* Quadratus lumborum
* Iliopsoas
* Psoas major
* Psoas minor
* Iliacus

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Fascia|

* Iliac fascia
* Iliopectineal arch

Pelvis|

| Muscle|

* Levator ani
* Iliococcygeus
* Pubococcygeus
* Puborectalis
* Coccygeus
* Rectococcygeus

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Fascia|

* Pelvic fascia
* Visceral
* Rectovaginal fascia
* Rectoprostatic fascia
* Parietal
* Obturator fascia
* Tendinous arch
* Piriformis fascia
* Floor
* Superior fascia
* Pubovesical ligament
* Puboprostatic ligament
* Inferior fascia
* Anococcygeal body

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Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentery

General|

* Peritoneum
* cavity
* Mesentery

Abdominal|

| From
ventral mesentery|

* Lesser omentum
* Hepatoduodenal ligament
* Hepatogastric ligament
* Liver
* Coronary ligament
* (Left triangular ligament
* Right triangular ligament
* Hepatorenal ligament)
* Falciform ligament
* Round ligament of liver
* Ligamentum venosum

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From
dorsal mesentery|

* Greater omentum
* Gastrophrenic ligament
* Gastrocolic ligament
* Gastrosplenic ligament
* Mesentery
* Splenorenal ligament
* Phrenicocolic ligament

* Folds
* Umbilical folds
* Supravesical fossa
* Medial inguinal fossa
* Lateral umbilical fold
* Lateral inguinal fossa
* Ileocecal fold

Abdominal cavity|

* Greater sac
* Lesser sac
* Omental foramen

General|

* Cystohepatic triangle
* Hepatorenal recess
* Abdominal wall
* Inguinal triangle
* Peritoneal recesses
* Paracolic gutters
* Paramesenteric gutters

Pelvic|

| Uterus/ovaries|

* Broad ligament of the uterus
* Mesovarium
* Mesosalpinx
* Mesometrium
* Ovarian ligament
* Suspensory ligament of ovary

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Recesses|

* Female
* Rectouterine pouch
* Rectouterine fold (Uterosacral ligament)
* Vesicouterine pouch
* Ovarian fossa
* Paravesical fossa
* Retroperitonium

* Male
* Rectovesical pouch
* Pararectal fossa

Spaces|

* Extraperitoneal space
* Retroperitoneal space
* Retropubic space

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* Terminologia Anatomica

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