See Also: Bichat's foramen(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Bichat(medicine)
Bichat's fat-pad(medicine)
Bichat's canal(medicine)
Bichat's tunic(medicine)
Bichat's protuberance(medicine)
Bichat's membrane(medicine)
Bichat's ligament(medicine)
Bichat's fossa(medicine)

rectus sheath (medicine) and Bichat's foramen (medicine)


rectus sheath (medicine)


rectus sheath
Sheath of the rectus abdominis, formed by the aponeuroses of the three anterolateral muscles of the abdominal wall that split to enclose the rectus and fuse medially to form the linea alba; it consists of an anterior lamina and a posterior lamina, the latter being absent below the arcuate line.

See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle, aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle.

Synonym: vagina musculi recti abdominis.


Bichat's foramen (medicine)


Bichat's foramen -->
cistern of great cerebral vein
<anatomy, vein> An expansion of the subarachnoid space extending forward between the corpus callosum and the thalamus; it encloses the internal cerebral veins which caudally join to form the vena magna cerebri (Galen's vein).

Synonym: ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, Bichat's foramen, cistern of great vein of cerebrum, cisterna ambiens, cisterna superioris, cisterna venae magnae cerebri, superior cistern.