rectouterine fold; plica rectouterina; Douglas fold; sacrouterine fold

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Introduction

A fold of peritoneum containing the rectouterine muscle, passing from the sacrum to the base of the broad ligament on either side, forming the lateral boundary of the rectouterine pouch.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.