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Definition

pouch

(powch )

A pocket or sac.

branchial p.Pharyngeal pouch.

Broca p.

SEE: under Broca, Pierre-Paul.

colostomy p.Colostomy bag

Douglas p.Douglas cul-de-sac.

Heidenhain p.

SEE: under Heidenhain, Rudolph P..

hepatorenal p.Hepatorenal recess.

Kock p.

Variant: Koch pouch

SEE: Kock pouch.

laryngeal p.A blind pouch of mucosa extending from the ventricle of the larynx.

pharyngeal p.Any of a series of five pairs of entodermal outpocketings that develop in lateral walls of the pharynx of the embryo. SYN: branchial pouch.

Prussak p.

SEE: under Prussak, Alexand er.

Rathke p.

SEE: Rathke pouch.

rectouterine p.Douglas cul-de-sac.

rectovesical p.A fold of peritoneum that in males extends inferiorly between the bladder and rectum.

Seessel p.

SEE: Seessel pouch.

vesicouterine p.A downward extension of the peritoneal cavity located between the bladder and uterus.