1786 



III MAN ANATOMY. 



The sits/>f usury ligament of the spleen is an inconstant fold belonging to the lieno- 

 phrenic ligament, extending from near the cesophageal opening in the diaphragm to 

 the top of the spleen. It contains connective tissue between its layers, which 

 connects a triangular retroperitoneal area of the spleen with the diaphragm. The 

 pkremxoKc Kgameni is a shelf-like fold, derived from the greater omentum, stretched 

 with it> free edge forward from the abdominal wall in the region of the eleventh 

 rib to the transverse colon so as to form the floor of a niche in which the spleen 

 rests. 



The Vessels. The Arteries. The splenic artery is a large, tortuous vessel, 

 a branch of the cceliac axis. It is remarkable not only for its large size in propor- 

 tion to the organ, but for the thickness of its walls. About an inch from the spleen 

 it breaks up into >i\ or more branches which enter the hilum one above another, in 



FIG. 1509. 



Knsiform cartilage 



Diaphragm- 



lobe of live 



CEsophagus 



i ..iMr<>-hepatic 



'tin-lit inn 



Lobe of Spix'cliu 



Inferior 

 vena cava 



Vena 

 azygos major 



Acnta 



Vena 

 azygos minor 



Diaphragr 



-Lung 



I.rft h:ilf of frozen s. 



"-splenic i 'incut inn 



it l-v- I <>i eleventh thoracic intervertebral disk ; under side of section. 



the mam ante,,,,, to the vems. with which they travel along the fibrous walls of the 

 NO arteml branch has any anastomosis with th.' Others. Soon after its 



Bptenic artery rivea ,,ii , branch which runs above the main trunk, supplies 

 m'Til" MO,!'' ""' ' '"-'^ing up into smaller branches, enters the spleen 



'"/< '.unifv In the spleen in company with the arteries, and leave it in 



" ' Whirh Umtt '' to f<>rm thc SI)lniir vdn hl ' llind and 



The lyn+l,*. hie.ly deep ones emerging from the hilum, but there are 



' "''" >v ,ur Anat. nncl I'ins., Anat. Ahtheil., 1902. 



