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Denonvilliers' fascia

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The part of the pelvic fascia that separates the prostate and the vesiculae septum from the rectum. It consists of a single fibromuscular structure with several layers that are fused together and covering the posterior aspect of the prostate and surrounding the seminal vesicles.

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