Like the rectouterine pouch, it is a female pelvic recess, but shallower and closer to the anterior fornix of the vagina.

The vesicouterine pouch is a fold of peritoneum over the uterus and the bladder, forming a pelvic recess.

Endometrial seeding in this region causes cyclical pain in women of child-bearing age.

This pouch is also an important factor in a retroverted uterus, which can frequently complicate pregnancies.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1152 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)