Rectoprostatic fascia

Rectoprostatic fascia
Rectoprostatic fascia
Details
Latin	fascia rectoprostatica
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	f_03/13590047
TA	A04.5.03.004M
FMA	19933
Anatomical terminology

The rectoprostatic 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

↑ "Dorland's Medical Dictionary". Retrieved 2007-12-11.
↑ Denonvilliers' fascia at Who Named It?

Muscles and ligaments of abdomen and pelvis

Abdominal wall

Anterior/
lateral

Muscle

Fascia

Abdominal fascia panniculus adiposus Fascia of Camper stratum membranosum Fascia of Scarpa Transversalis 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

Fascia	Iliac fascia Iliopectineal arch

Pelvis

Muscle	levator ani iliococcygeus pubococcygeus puborectalis coccygeus

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

Index of muscle

Description	Anatomy head neck arms chest and back diaphragm abdomen genital area legs Muscle tissue Physiology connective tissue

Disease	Myopathy Soft tissue Connective tissue Congenital abdomen muscular dystrophy Neoplasms and cancer Injury Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures Drugs anti-inflammatory muscle relaxants

Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentry

General

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 and Ligamentum venosum in it, but not of it)

From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery Transverse mesocolon Sigmoid mesocolon Mesoappendix Root of the 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 Omental bursa Omental foramen

General	Cystohepatic triangle Hepatorenal recess of subhepatic space 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

Recesses	Male Recto-vesical pouch Pararectal fossa Female Recto-uterine pouch Recto-uterine fold (Uterosacral ligament) Vesico-uterine pouch Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa

Spaces

Index of digestion

Description	Anatomy tract glands other Physiology enzymes Development

Disease	Congenital Neoplasms and cancer Inflammatory bowel disease Gluten sensitivity Other Symptoms and signs eponymous Blood tests

Treatment	Procedures Drugs anabolic steroids antacids diarrhoea and infection bile and liver functional gastrointestinal disorders laxatives peptic ulcer and reflux nausea and vomiting other Surgery