part of part of peritoneum anatomical cavity rectovesical pouch http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gray1228.png rectovesical space SCTID:261416006 NCIT:C33448 Wikipedia:Recto-vesical_pouch recto-vesical pouch UBERON:0011204 UMLS:C0230301 Between the rectum and the bladder the peritoneal cavity forms, in the male, a pouch, the rectovesical excavation (or rectovesical pouch), the bottom of which is slightly below the level of the upper ends of the vesiculae seminalesbi. e. , about 7.5 cm. from the orifice of the anus. its lowest part membranous partition called Rectoprostatic fascia. The corresponding structure in women is the rectouterine pouch. FMA:14727 excavatio rectovesicalis retrovesical excavation excavatio rectovesicalis rectovesical excavation rectovesical rectovesical pouch