ABDOMINAL CAVITY 



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where it intervenes between the liver and the diaphragm, and 

 where it is separated into right and left parts by the falci- 

 form ligament. The right part of the upper portion ex- 

 tends backwards, between the liver and the diaphragm, to 

 the coronary ligament, which separates the upper surface of 

 the right lobe of the liver from the posterior surface (Fig. 

 172): the left part of the upper end of the sac passes back- 



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i. 135. Transverse section of Abdomen at the level of the Epiploic Foramen. 



1. Omental bursa (O.T. small sac). 



2. Omental tubercle of liver. 



3. Great sac. 



4. Stomach. 



5. Gastro - splenic ligament (O. T. 



gastro-splenic omentum). 



6. Spleen. 



7. Lieno-renal ligament. 



8. Left kidney. 



9. Diaphragm. 



0. Aorta. 



1. Inferior vena cava. 

 Right kidney. 



Epiploic foramen (O.T. foramen of 

 [Winslow). 



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Liver. 

 Gall-bladder. 



Bile duct. 

 Portal vein. 

 Hepatic artery. 

 19. Falciform ligament. 



wards, over the upper surface of the left lobe of the liver, 

 to the left triangular ligament. Below the free margin of 

 the falciform ligament the upper and anterior part of the 

 great sac extends, as a continuous cavity, from side to side, 

 and it projects backwards, on each side, deeply into the 

 hypochondriac, lumbar, and iliac regions (see Figs. 136 and 

 137). The backward extensions of the great sac form 

 two deep gutters, one on each side, in which collections of 



