200 THE POCKET ANATOMY 



Mesenteries folds connecting intestine to posterior ab- 

 dominal wall. 



The Mesentery. Attached behind to left side of 2nd lumbar 

 vertebra, passing downwards across vertebras to right sacro- 

 iliac synchondrosis. Contains superior mesenteric vessels, 

 jejunum and ileum between its layers. The upper layer 

 is continuous with inferior layer of transverse meso-colon, 

 the lower layer with peritoneum on posterior abdominal 

 wall. 



Transverse Meso-colon. Formed by junction of two ascend- 

 ing layers of great omentum after they have enclosed 

 transverse colon; at the spine the two layers separate, as 

 explained, into ascending and descending layers. 



Pelvic Meso-colon. A long process attached to brim of 

 pelvis. 



Ligaments. The peritoneum, as explained, is reflected 

 from the abdominal walls to viscera, forming ligaments. 



Ligaments of the Liver : 



Suspensory or Falciform. Sickle-shaped fold passing from 

 anterior abdominal wall to upper and anterior surfaces of 

 liver. The inferior free border contains obliterated umbilical 

 vein or round ligament. 



Coronary. Connects right lobe to diaphragm ; consists of 

 two layers, the anterior being derived from greater sac, and 

 the posterior from lesser sac. 



Lateral (2). These are the right and left ends of the 

 coronary ligament. 



Ligaments (False) of the Bladder : 



Posterior False Ligaments (2). The edges of the recto-vesical 

 pouch. 



Lateral False Ligaments (2). Reflection from sides of 

 bladder. 



Superior False Ligament. Reflection from bladder to anterior 

 abdominal wall along urachus. 



Ligaments of the Uterus : 



Broad Ligaments (2). Each passes from side of uterus to 

 lateral pelvic wall : contains between its folds the round 

 ligament, Fallopian tube, the ovary, and its ligament and 

 branches of ovarian and uterine vessels. 



Anterior Ligaments (2). Margins of utero-vesical pouch. 



Posterior Ligaments (2). Margins of recto-vaginal pouch. 



Ligament of Spleen, or lieno-renal ligament, passes from left 

 kidney to spleen ; the right or anterior layer is formed by the 

 lesser sac, and the left or posterior by the larger one. 



