paracolic

paracolic
Outside, but adjacent to the colon

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  • paracolic — para·co·lic kō lik, käl ik adj adjacent to the colon <paracolic lymph nodes> …   Medical dictionary

  • paracolic gutter — n either of two grooves formed by the peritoneum and lying respectively lateral to the ascending and descending colons …   Medical dictionary

  • Paracolic gutters — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = sulci paracolici GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Diagram devised by Delépine to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera. Caption2 = System =… …   Wikipedia

  • paracolic sulci — sulci paracolici [TA] paracolic gutters: small, shallow, and variable peritoneal pockets found lateral to the descending colon; called also paracolic recesses …   Medical dictionary

  • paracolic gutters — sulci paracolici …   Medical dictionary

  • paracolic lymph nodes — nodi lymphoidei paracolici …   Medical dictionary

  • paracolic recesses — sulci paracolici …   Medical dictionary

  • gutter — Deep recess or grooves. paracolic gutters [TA] the grooves between the lateral aspect of the ascending or descending colon and the abdominal wall. SYN: sulci paracolici [TA], paracolic recesses. paravertebral g. SYN: pulmonary groove. * * * …   Medical dictionary

  • recess — A small hollow or indentation. SYN: recessus [TA]. [L. recessus] anterior r. a circumscript deepening of the interpeduncular fossa in the direction of the mamillary bodies. SYN: recessus anterior [TA]. anterior r. of tympanic …   Medical dictionary

  • Ligament — Diagram of the right knee. Typical joint In …   Wikipedia

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