- May 2, 2026The hepatorenal recess (Morison's pouch) is the most dependent posterior peritoneal space in the supine patient, located between the inferior…
- May 2, 2026The right paracolic gutter is the peritoneal recess between the lateral border of the ascending colon and the right lateral…
- May 2, 2026The left paracolic gutter is the peritoneal recess between the lateral border of the descending colon and the left lateral…
- May 2, 2026The left subphrenic space is the peritoneal recess between the left lobe of the liver, the stomach fundus and spleen…
- May 2, 2026The right subphrenic space lies between the diaphragmatic surface of the right liver lobe and the inferior surface of the…
- May 2, 2026The enteric nervous system consists of the myenteric plexus (Auerbach — between the muscle layers) and the submucosal plexus (Meissner…
- May 2, 2026The inferior phrenic nerves (left and right) are branches of the celiac plexus or directly from the aorta, supplying the…
- May 2, 2026The gonadal (testicular or ovarian) nerve plexus accompanies the gonadal vessels from the aortic plexus, carrying sympathetic fibres from T10-T11…
- May 2, 2026Meissner's plexus (submucosal plexus) is one of two major components of the enteric nervous system (alongside Auerbach's myenteric plexus), located…
- May 2, 2026The aorticorenal ganglia are paired prevertebral sympathetic ganglia located at the renal arteries' origins from the aorta (aorticorenal junction), continuous…