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Fascia & Spaces

Fasciae, compartments, canals, tunnels and spaces, boundaries, contents, and where things get trapped.

298 fascia & spaces
298 fascia & spaces · alternate versions listed on each card
Fascia or Space Pudendal Canal canalis pudendalis Pelvis & Hip The pudendal canal, or Alcock canal, is a tunnel formed by a split in the obturator…
Fascia or Space Pulp Space of the Finger pulpa digiti Hand & Wrist The pulp space is the soft pad of the fingertip, in front of the distal phalanx.…
Fascia or Space Quadrangular Space spatium quadrangulare Shoulder The quadrangular space is a four-sided gap at the back of the shoulder through which the…
Fascia or Space Quadriceps Lateral Expansion expansio lateralis musculi quadricipitis femoris Knee The lateral quadriceps expansion is the contribution of the vastus lateralis and the iliotibial band to…
Fascia or Space Radial Tunnel canalis radialis (nervus) Forearm The radial tunnel is the anatomical passage through which the deep branch of the radial nerve…
Fascia or Space Rectosacral Fascia fascia rectosacralis Pelvis & Hip A condensation of the presacral fascia attaching the posterior rectal fascia to the anterior sacrum at…
Fascia or Space Rectovaginal Septum septum rectovaginale Pelvis & Hip The rectovaginal septum (rectovaginal fascia, Denonvilliers fascia in females) is the condensed connective tissue layer between…
Fascia or Space Rectovesical Fascia fascia rectovesicalis (Denonvilliers) Pelvis & Hip Rectovesical fascia (Denonvilliers fascia in males) is the fibrous condensation between the posterior bladder and seminal…
Fascia or Space Rectovesical Pouch excavatio rectovesicalis Pelvis & Hip The rectovesical pouch is the deepest peritoneal reflection in males, lying between the posterior bladder and…
Fascia or Space Rectus Sheath vagina musculi recti abdominis Abdomen The rectus sheath is the aponeurotic envelope encasing the rectus abdominis muscle, formed by the splitting…
Fascia or Space Renal Fascia fascia renalis Abdomen The renal fascia, often called Gerota fascia, is a fibrous sheath that encloses each kidney, its…
Fascia or Space Retropectoralis Minor Space Retropectoralis minor space Shoulder The retropectoralis minor space, also called the subpectoral or pectoralis minor space, lies behind the pectoralis…
Fascia or Space Retroperitoneal Space spatium retroperitoneale Abdomen The retroperitoneal space, or retroperitoneum, is the region of the abdomen behind the parietal peritoneum and…
Fascia or Space Retropharyngeal Fascia fascia retropharyngea Neck The retropharyngeal fascia is a condensation of the alar fascia forming the posterior wall of the…
Fascia or Space Retropharyngeal Space spatium retropharyngeum Neck The retropharyngeal space is the potential space between the posterior pharyngeal wall (covered by buccopharyngeal fascia)…
Fascia or Space Right Paracolic Gutter sulcus paracolicus dexter Abdomen The right paracolic gutter is the peritoneal recess between the lateral border of the ascending colon…
Fascia or Space Right Subphrenic Space spatium subphrenicum dextrum Abdomen The right subphrenic space lies between the diaphragmatic surface of the right liver lobe and the…
Fascia or Space Ring Finger Flexor Tendon Sheath Bursa bursa vaginae tendinum flexorum digiti anularis Hand & Wrist The ring finger flexor tendon sheath is the synovial sleeve around the superficialis and profundus tendons…
Fascia or Space Rotator Cuff Interval Tendons intervallum tendinum rotatoris cuffae Shoulder The rotator interval is the triangular space between the anterior supraspinatus and superior subscapularis, containing the…
Fascia or Space Rotator Interval Complex intervallum musculorum rotantium Shoulder The rotator interval is the triangular gap in the anterior rotator cuff between the supraspinatus superiorly…
Fascia or Space Rotator Interval Space spatium intervallum rotatorii Shoulder The rotator interval is a triangular space in the anterior shoulder between the anterior edge of…
Fascia or Space Rotator Interval Structures intervallum rotatorum Shoulder The rotator interval is the triangular space between the anterior supraspinatus and superior subscapularis tendons, spanning…
Fascia or Space Saphenous Hiatus hiatus saphenus Thigh The saphenous hiatus (saphenous opening) is an oval defect in the fascia lata in the anterior…
Fascia or Space Scalene Triangle hiatus scalenorum Neck The scalene triangle, or interscalene triangle, is the gap between anterior scalene in front, middle scalene…
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