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  2. Rectouterine pouch - Wikipedia

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    The rectouterine (or recto-uterine) pouch is also called the rectouterine excavation, uterorectal pouch, rectovaginal pouch, pouch of Douglas (after anatomist James Douglas, 1675–1742), Douglas pouch, [6] Douglas cavity, [6] Douglas space, [6] Douglas cul-de-sac, [6] Ehrhardt–Cole recess, Ehrhardt–Cole cul-de-sac, cavum Douglasi, or excavatio rectouterina.

  3. Cul-de-sac hernia - Wikipedia

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    A cul-de-sac hernia (also termed a peritoneocele) is a herniation of peritoneal folds into the rectovaginal septum (in females), [2] or the rectovesical septum (in males). The herniated structure is the recto-uterine pouch (pouch of Douglas) in females, [ 2 ] or the rectovesical pouch in males.

  4. Culdoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Culdoscopy is an endoscopic procedure performed to examine the rectouterine pouch and pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope through the posterior vaginal wall. [1] The word culdoscopy (and culdoscope) is derived from the term cul-de-sac, which means literally in French "bottom of a sac", and refers to the rectouterine pouch (or called the pouch of Douglas).

  5. Dead-end street - Wikipedia

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    The positive feelings that a cul-de-sac street could evoke, that residents value, are expressed vividly by Allan Jacobs in describing Roslyn Place, a short (250 ft [76 m]), narrow (60 ft [18 m]), densely built (14 du per acre [35 per hectare]), and wood-paved [31] cul-de-sac in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: [32] "Step ...

  6. Culdoscope - Wikipedia

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    The word culdoscope (and culdoscopy) is derived from the phrase cul-de-sac, which in French literally means "bottom of a sac", here referring to a blind pouch or cavity in the female body that is closed at one end, that is the rectouterine pouch. As early as the 13th century, a cul-de-sac was a dead-end street (or a dead-end way), a blind alley ...

  7. Cul-de-sac (1966 film) - Wikipedia

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    Cul-de-sac is a 1966 British black comedy psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, and starring Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran, with Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renée Houston, William Franklyn, Marie Kean and Trevor Delaney in supporting roles.

  8. Cul de Sac (comic strip) - Wikipedia

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    Cul de Sac is an American comic strip created by Richard Thompson. It was distributed by Universal Press Syndicate / Universal Uclick to 150 worldwide newspapers from 2004 to 2012. The central character is four-year-old Alice Otterloop, and the strip depicts her daily life at pre-school and at home.

  9. Cul-de-Sac, Saint Martin - Wikipedia

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    Cul-de-Sac (French pronunciation: [ky dÉ™ sak]; formerly Cul-de-Sac de la Barrière) is a small town on the French side of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean. It lies on the northeast coast of the island, opposite Îlet Pinel and Île Tintamarre.