Peritoneal Space
The peritoneal cavity is a potential space found between the parietal and visceral layers of the peritoneum.
Peritoneal space. Peritoneal cavity the potential space between the parietal and the visceral peritoneum. The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum. Peritoneal spaces are separate compartments within the peritoneal cavity.
It affects the surface of organs contained inside the peritoneum. In men the peritoneal cavity is closed but in women it communicates with the extraperitoneal pelvis exteriorly through the fallopian tubes uterus and vagina. The causes of peritoneal cancer are unknown.
The parietal and visceral peritonea. The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal peritoneum which lines the abdominal wall and the visceral peritoneum which envelopes the abdominal organs. The peritoneal cavity can be divided into two separate sacs.
It contains only a thin film of peritoneal fluid which consists of water electrolytes leukocytes and antibodies. There s a bigger sac that consists of two separate compartments called infracolic and supracolic compartment. Gross anatomy these spaces are separated or compartmentalized by various peritoneal ligaments and their attachments.
The peritoneum is one continuous sheet forming two layers and a potential space between them. The cavity is filled with a small amount of serous peritoneal fluid secreted by the mesothelial cells which line the peritoneum. Peritoneal cancer can occur anywhere in the abdominal space.
The outer layer the parietal peritoneum is attached to the abdominal wall and the pelvic walls.