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ABDOMEN 



the abdominal walls to display the interior of the abdomen. 

 It extends from the diaphragm above to the pelvic floor 

 below (Fig. 134), across the abdomen from one side wall to the 

 other (Fig. 135); and it is divided by the lower part of the 



Lesser omentum 



Stomach 



Omental bursa 

 (O.T. small sac) 



Great sac 



Greater omentum 



Uterus 

 Urinary Bladder 



Liver 



ppl 



(O.T. foramen 

 of Winslow) 



Pancreas 



Duodenum, 

 31 d or inferior part 

 -- Transverse colon 



Mesentery of 

 "" small intestine 



Small intestine 



Rectum 



FlG. 134. Sagittal section of~Abdomen "showing cavities. 



walls of the omental bursa that is, by the greater omentum, 

 the transverse colon and the transverse meso-colon into an 

 upper and anterior, and a lower and posterior part, which are 

 continuous with each other round the borders of the greater 

 omentum (see Fig. 137). The upper and anterior part of 

 the sac extends upwards to the lower surface of the diaphragm, 



