Promote Ayurveda - Be natural - Be Healthy - The recto-uterine pouch, also known by various other names (e.g., pouch of Douglas), is the extension of the peritoneal cavity between the rectum
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![Drawing illustrates the posterior compartment of the female pelvis. Box... | Download Scientific Diagram Drawing illustrates the posterior compartment of the female pelvis. Box... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46220346/figure/fig3/AS:733792717266950@1551961225971/Drawing-illustrates-the-posterior-compartment-of-the-female-pelvis-Box-indicates-the.png)
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![Superior view of female pelvis; left with peritoneal reflections, right showing the uterus and endopelvic fascia – no labels | AnatomyTOOL Superior view of female pelvis; left with peritoneal reflections, right showing the uterus and endopelvic fascia – no labels | AnatomyTOOL](https://anatomytool.org/sites/default/files/16887-32.jpg)
Superior view of female pelvis; left with peritoneal reflections, right showing the uterus and endopelvic fascia – no labels | AnatomyTOOL
![Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE UEINAKY BLADDER 1273 rectum in the male, forming the recto-vesical or recto-genital pouch; in the female a slit-like peritoneal depression, called the utero-vesical pouch, intervenes Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE UEINAKY BLADDER 1273 rectum in the male, forming the recto-vesical or recto-genital pouch; in the female a slit-like peritoneal depression, called the utero-vesical pouch, intervenes](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PFY3W5/cunninghams-text-book-of-anatomy-anatomy-the-ueinaky-bladder-1273-rectum-in-the-male-forming-the-recto-vesical-or-recto-genital-pouch-in-the-female-a-slit-like-peritoneal-depression-called-the-utero-vesical-pouch-intervenes-between-the-anterior-surface-of-the-uterus-and-the-bladder-fig-996-the-inferior-part-of-the-bladder-lies-below-the-peritoneum-and-is-for-the-most-part-directed-towards-the-pelvic-floor-in-the-median-plane-it-is-supported-by-the-symphysis-pubis-and-the-retro-pubic-pad-of-fat-farther-back-in-the-male-it-rests-upon-the-prostate-and-on-the-lower-part-of-the-rec-PFY3W5.jpg)