Rectoprostatic fascia

The rectoprostatic fascia (Denonvilliers' fascia) is a membranous partition at the lowest part of the rectovesical pouch. It separates the prostate and urinary bladder from the rectum.[1] It consists of a single fibromuscular structure with several layers that are fused together and covering the seminal vesicles. It is also called Denonvilliers' fascia after French anatomist and surgeon Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers.[2]

Rectoprostatic fascia
Rectoprostatic fascia
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Identifiers
LatinFascia rectoprostatica
TAA04.5.03.004M
FMA19933
Anatomical terminology

The structure corresponds to the rectovaginal fascia in the female. The rectoprostatic fascia also inhibits the posterior spread of prostatic adenocarcinoma; therefore invasion of the rectum is less common than is invasion of other contiguous structures.

References
  1. "Dorland's Medical Dictionary". Retrieved 2007-12-11.
  2. Denonvilliers' fascia at Who Named It?


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