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peritoneal fossa/recess

Depressions or pouches formed between various peritoneal folds. Pathology: Sites of internal hernias The location of a hernia in one of these fossae determines the type of hernia: 1) Supravesical fossa -> supravesical hernia 2) Medial inguinal fossa -> direct inguinal hernia 3) Lateral inguinal fossa -> indirect inguinal hernia

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fossa

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.

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abdominal wall