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THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION 



the under surface of the right lobe and is reflected from the back part of this to 

 the upper extremity of the right kidney, forming in this situation the inferior 

 layer of the coronary ligament; from the kidney it is carried downward to the duo- 

 denum and hepatic flexure of the colon and inward to the inferior vena cava, 

 where it is continuous with the posterior wall of the lesser sac. Between the two 

 layers of the coronary ligament there is a triangular surface of the liver which 

 is devoid of peritoneal covering; this is named the bare area of the liver, and is 

 attached to the Diaphragm by areolar tissue. Toward the right margin of the 

 liver the two layers of the coronary ligament gradually approach each other, and 

 ultimately fuse to form a small triangular fold connecting the right lobe of the 

 liver to the Diaphragm, and named the right lateral ligament of the liver. The 



M. iliacus. 



External 

 inguinal 

 fossa. 



External 

 iliac 

 artery 



External 

 iliac 

 vein. 



Femoral 

 fossa. 



iji' Superior vesical 



artery, 



''Middle inguinal 

 fossa. 



FIG. 978. Posterior view of the anterior abdominal wall in its lower half. The peritoneunt is in place, 

 and the various cords are shining through. (After Joessel.) 



apex of the triangular bare area corresponds to the point of meeting of the two 

 layers of the coronary ligament, its base with the fossa of the inferior vena cava. 

 (6) It covers the lower surface of the quadrate lobe, the under and lateral surfaces 

 of the gall-bladder, and the under surface of the posterior border of the left lobe; 

 it is then reflected from the upper surface of the liver to the Diaphragm as the 

 inferior layer of the left lateral ligament, and from the transverse fissure and 

 the fissure for the ductus venosus to the lesser curvature of the stomach as the 

 anterior layer of the gastrohepatic, or lesser omentum. If this layer of the lesser 

 omentum be followed to the right it will be found to turn around the hepatic 

 artery, bile duct, and portal vein arid become continuous with the anterior wall of 

 the lesser sac, forming a free folded edge of peritoneum. 



