ABDOMINAL CAVITY 



PLATE XVI 

 FIG. 156. Dissection of the Abdomen. 



The left lobe of the liver, the stomach, the lesser omentum, the 

 greater omentum, and the transverse colon have been removed. 



The greater part of the posterior wall of the omental bursa 

 has been dissected away, and the peritoneum and extra-peritoneal 

 fat have been removed from the posterior wall of the lower part 

 of the abdomen. 



1. Cut surface of left lobe of liver. j 27. 



2. Falciform ligament. 28. 



3. Ligamentum teres. 29. 



4. Caudate lobe. 30. 



5. Left hepatic artery. 31. 



6. Right hepatic artery. 32. 



7. Hepatic duct. 33. 



8. Portal vein. 34. 



9. Fundus of gall-bladder. 35. 

 10. Cystic duct. 36. 

 n. Bile duct. I 37. 



12. Duodenum, superior part. 38. 



13. Gastro-duodenal artery. 39. 



14. Superior pancreatico - duodenal 40. 



artery. 4 1 . 



15. Right gastro-epiploic artery. 42. 



1 6. Duodenum, descending part. 43. 



17. Kidney. 44. 



1 8. Right flexure of the colon. : 45. 



19. Psoas major muscle. 46. 



20. Spermatic vessel crossing ureter. 47. 



21. Common trunk of ileo-colic and 48. 



right colic arteries. 49. 



22. Genito-femoral nerve. 50. 



23. Right common iliac artery. 51. 



24. Middle sacral vessels. 52. 



25. Caecum. 53. 



26. Ileum. 



Vermiform process. 



Pelvic colon. 



Cut edge of lesser omentum. 



CEsophagus. 



Left crus of diaphragm. 



Right crus of diaphragm. 



Left inferior phrenic artery. 



Left gastric artery. 



Right inferior phrenic artery. 



Spleen. 



Pancreas. 



Left gastro-epiploic artery. 



Splenic artery. 



Left flexure of the colon. 



Duodeno-jejunal flexure. 



Middle colic artery. 



Left kidney. 



Inferior mesenteric vein. 



Left colic artery. 



Psoas major muscle. 



Inferior mesenteric artery. 



Spermatic vessels. 



Ureter. 



Sigmoid arteries. 



Genito-femoral nerve. 



Superior haemorrhoidal artery, 



Iliac colon. 



