supravesical fossa

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Introduction

The depression on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall above the bladder & between the median & medial umbilical fold.

The level of this fossae, relative to the pubis, changes with the filling & emptying of the bladder.

Pathology

  • Sites for rare external supravesical hernias.

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References

  1. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.