66 SOME POINTS IN THE ANATOMY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 



ment of the liver has been referred to in connection with the 

 liver. As regards the coronary ligament of the liver, I would 

 point out that the area enclosed by this structure is three-sided, 

 and that the ligament is made up of three layers, an upper and 

 a lower, as usually described — the former passing from the back 

 of the right lobe to the diaphragm, the latter from the back 

 of the same lobe to the diaphragm and right kidney. The third 

 or left layer passes from the diaphragm to the liver along the 

 right margin of the Spigelian lobe, and is nearly vertical in 

 position. 



I do not think that the attachment of the left or posterior 

 portion of the lesser omentum is accurately shown in any 

 illustration or model with which I am acquainted. This 

 attachment can only be seen when the left and Spigelian lobes 

 are separated, for it takes place at the bottom of the fissure of 

 the ductus venosus — not on the surface where the left and 

 Spigelian lobe meet behind, as usually shown. In other words, 

 the omentum is buried to a depth of over 1 inch in the fissure. 



I have nothing to add to Jonnesco's description of the peri- 

 toneal fossse around the duodenum, nor to the account of the 

 pericecal fossas given by Berry ; both of which are accurate 

 and exhaustive. 



