Left Paramesenteric Gutter

Can transfer fluids between lesser sac or hepatorenal pouch to the pelvis.

Left paramesenteric gutter.

The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. The left paramesenteric gutter and the right paramesenteric gutter. The descending colon laterally further left. This space communicates with the pelvic cavity and is defined by.

The main paracol parasol is located on the lateral colon on each side. The paramesenteric gutters paramesenteric recesses infracolic spaces are two spaces or recesses in the abdominal cavity between the colon and the root of the mesentery. Connects small intestine and colon. Left paramesenteric gutter open to pelvis.

There are two paramesenteric gutters. The paramesenteric gutters paramesenteric recesses or infracolic spaces are two spaces or recesses in the abdominal cavity between the colon and the root of the mesentery. Peritoneal recessesare the spaces formed by peritoneum draping over viscera. There are two paramesenteric gutters.

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 right and left paracolic plaque is the peritoneal niche of the posterior abdominal wall located alongside the ascending and descending colon. They are also sometimes but incorrectly referred to as other paracolic gutters. 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 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 left paramesenteric gutter is an open space which also communicates inferiorly with the pelvic cavity. The paracolic and paramesenteric gutters are clinically important because they are potential pathways for free blood pus gastric fluids and gas to track from one abdominal space into another and to the pelvic cavity.

This gutter is however much smaller because it is restricted at the top by the phrenicocolic ligament or the ligament supporting the top left edge of the colon. The left medial paracolic gutter. The root of the mesentery medially. The left paramesenteric gutter and the right paramesenteric gutter.