Anatomical space in the abdominal cavity behind (retro) the peritoneum. It has no specific delineating anatomical structures. Organs are retroperitoneal if they only have peritoneum on their anterior side. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroperitoneal_space ]
Synonyms: retroperitoneum spatium retroperitoneale
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Term information
database
cross reference
- EFO:0002806
- SCTID:243983004
- Wikipedia:Retroperitoneal_space
- NCIT:C12298
- FMA:15080
- CALOHA:TS-2337
- MESH:D012187
- UMLS:C0035359 (ncithesaurus:Retroperitoneum)
- GAID:25
Subsets
efo_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical space
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- anatomical space
- part of some abdominal cavity
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