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A MANUAL OF ANATOMY 



It then continues its course to the right, and, having given a partial 

 covering to the front of the right kidney, it passes over the right 

 lateral and anterior wall of the abdomen as far as the middle line. 

 The left layer of the lieno-renal ligament, after leaving the left 

 kidney, passes over the left lateral and anterior wall of the abdomen, 

 and, on arriving at the middle line, it becomes continuous with 

 the right layer, which has just been traced as far as the middle 

 line. Along the posterior surface of the anterior wall of the abdo- 

 men in the middle line, above the level of the umbilicus, the peri- 

 toneum meets with the obliterated umbilical vein or round ligament 



Stomach 

 Visceral Peritoneum \ 



Parietal 



Peritoneum 



Gastro-hepatic Omentum 



^ Hepatic Artery 

 Vena Portse 



mmon Bile-duct 



Left Kidney 



Abdominal Aorta I 



12th Thoracic 

 Vertebra 



\ Right Kidney 



Inferior Vena Cava 



Fig. 305. 



-Diagram of the Peritoneum at the Level of the Foramen 

 OF WiNSLOw (Transverse Section). 



of the liver, around which it is reflected, and here it is carried ofi 

 from the abdominal wall to form part of the falciform or suspensory 

 ligament. 



Another way to trace the peritoneum transversely at the level 

 of the foramen of Winslow is to commence just behind that fora- 

 men. Beginning at this point, the peritoneum, which covers the 

 inferior vena cava, passes to the right, and, having given a partial 

 covering to the front of the right kidney, it is continued over the 

 right lateral wall of the abdomen, and thence over the right half 

 of the anterior wall. At the middle line, above the level of the 

 umbilicus, it meets with the obliterated umbilical vein or round 

 ligament of the liver, around which it is reflected, and here it is 

 carried off from the abdominal wall to form part of the falciform 

 or suspensory ligament. It then continues its course over the left 



