Right And Left Paracolic Gutters

The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.

Right and left paracolic gutters.

The right paracolic gutter is a component of the right inframesocolic space continuous superiorly with the right subhepatic and right subphrenic spaces. 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 main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side. The left lateral paracolic gutter.

Paracolic gutters refer to open areas between the wall of the abdomen and the colon. The left medial paracolic gutter. The right paracolic gutter is much larger than the left one and thus allows more fluid to pass through. The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.

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. It is larger than the left paracolic gutter which is partially separated from the left subphrenic spaces by the phrenicocolic ligament. The right and left paracolic gutters are peritoneal recesses on the posterior abdominal wall lying alongside the ascending and descending colon.

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. Both paracolic spaces are in continuity with the pelvic peritoneal spaces. The main paracolic gutter lies lateral to the colon on each side.