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GI Ligaments
Description | Ligament |
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Connects liver to anterior abdominal wall | Falciform ligament |
Contains ligamentum teres hepatis (round ligament of the liver) | Falciform ligament |
Connects liver to duodenum | Hepatoduodenal ligament |
Contains portal triad (hepatic a, portal v, CBD) | Hepatoduodenal ligament |
Connects greater and lesser sacs | Hepatoduodenal ligament |
May be compressed between thumb and index finger placed in omental foramen (epiploic foramen of Winslow) to control bleeding | Hepatoduodenal ligament |
Connects liver to lesser curvature of stomach | Gastrohepatic ligament |
Contains gastric arteries | Gastrohepatic ligament |
Separates greater and lesser sacs | Gastrohepatic ligament |
May be cut during surgery to access lesser sac | Gastrohepatic ligament |
Connects greater curvature and transverse colon | Gastrocolic ligament |
Contains gastroepiploic arteries | Gastrocolic ligament |
Part of greater omentum | Gastrocolic ligament |
Connects greater curvature and spleen | Gastrosplenic ligament |
Contains short gastrics | Gastrosplenic ligament |
Separates left greater and lesser sacs | Gastrosplenic ligament |
Connects spleen to posterior abdominal wall | Splenorenal ligament |
Contains splenic vessels | Splenorenal ligament |
Derivative of fetal umbilical vein | Ligamentum teres hepatis (round ligament of the liver) |