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The folds, formed between these and between the diaphragm and 

 the liver, are 



(Diaphragm.) 

 Broad, coronary, and lateral ligaments. 



(Liver.) 

 Lesser omentum. 



(Stomach.) 

 Greater omentum. 



(Transverse colon.) 



Transverse meso-colon, 

 Mesentery, 

 Meso-rectum, 

 Recto-vesical fold, 



False ligaments of the bladder. 

 And in the female, the 



Broad ligaments of the uterus. 



The ligaments of the liver will be examined with that organ. 



The Lesser omentum is the duplicature passing between the liver 

 and the upper border of the stomach. It is extremely thin, except- 

 ing at its right border, where it is free, and contains between its 

 layers, the 



Hepatic artery, 



Ductus communis choledochus, 



Portal vein, 



Hepatic plexus of nerves^ 



Lymphatics. 



These structures are enclosed in a loose cellular tissue, called 

 Glisson's capsule.* The relative position of the three vessels is, 

 the artery to the left, the duct to the right, and the vein between 

 and behind. 



If the finger be introduced behind this right border of the lesser 

 omentum, it will be situated in an opening called the foramen of 

 Winslow.-\ In front of the finger will lie the right border of the 

 lesser omentum ; behind it the diaphragm, covered by the ascending 



* Francis Glisson, Professor of Medicine in the University of Cambridge. His 

 work, " De Anatomia Hepatis," was published in 1654. 



t Jacob Benignus Winslow : his " Exposition Anatomiquc de la Structure du Corps 

 Humain," was published in Paris in 1732, 



