KROK 1 2012 – Question 13 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy

A 28 year old woman has been diagnosed with extrauterine pregnancy complicated by the fallopian tube rupture. The blood is most likely to penetrate the following peritoneal space:

  1. A. Intersigmoid sinus
  2. B. Rectouterine
  3. C. Vesicouterine
  4. D. Right mesenteric sinus
  5. E. Left mesenteric sinus
Hint

Think about where free fluid pools in the female pelvis, that is, which peritoneal space is the most dependent one lying next to the uterine tubes and ovaries.

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