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A MANUAL OF ANA TOMY. 



passing between various parts of the viscera, or viscera and 

 abdominal wall, is further classified as omentum, that is, peri- 

 toneum attaching the stomach to adjacent organs, as gastro- 

 hepatic, gastrocolic, and gastrosplenic omenta ; mesentery, 



Diag. 39. THE PARIETAL, PERITONEAL ATTACHMENTS OF THE ABDOMINAL 

 VISCERA. (From Cunningham, in Morris's Anatomy.) a, Falciform ligament of 

 liver, b, Left lateral, c, Right lateral ligaments of liver, d, Inferior vena cava. e, 

 Gastrophrenic ligament. /, CEsophagus. g, Gastrosplenic omentum. h, Splenic 

 artery, i, Costocolic ligament, j, j, Transverse mesocolon. k, k, Descending colon. 

 /, Sigmoid mesocolon. m, Mesorectum. n, Bladder, o, o, Mesentery, p, p, Ascend- 

 ing colon, q, Caecum, r, Vermiform appendix, s, Inferior vena cava. t, Duo- 

 denum, u, Duodenum, v. Abdominal aorta, i, Cavity of great omentum. 2, Fora- 

 men of Winslow. 



the peritoneal attachment of the intestine below the stomach 

 to the posterior abdominal wall, the part of the bowel being 

 indicated by a combination of the term meso- and the por- 

 tion of the bowel, as mesoduodenum, mesocolon, sigmoid- 



