SPLANCHNOLOGY 



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Peritoneal cavity 

 Common mesentery 

 Mesentery 



Root of the mesentery 



Proper layer of the mesentery 

 Mesocolon 



Transverse mesocolon 



Ascending mesocolon 



Descending mesocolon 



Sigmoid mesocolon 

 Mesorectum 

 Meso-appendix 

 Mesogastrium 

 Lesser omentum 



Hepatogastric ligament 



Hepatoduodenal ligament 

 Hepatocolic ligament 

 Gastrolienal ligament (O. T. gas- 



trosplenic omentum) 

 Gastrocolic ligament 

 Greater omentum 



Omental bursa (O. T. lesser perito- 

 neal sac) 



Vestibule of omental bursa 



Superior omental recess 



Inferior omental recess 



Splenic recess 



Gastropancreatic fold 



Epiploic foramen (O. T. foramen 



of Winslow) 

 Phrenicocolic ligament (O. T. cos- 



tocolic ligament) 

 Phrenicosplenic ligament 

 Falciform ligament of liver 

 Coronary ligament of liver 

 Right triangular ligament 



Left triangular ligament 



Hepatorenal ligament 



Duodenorenal ligament 



Duodenojejunal recess 



Duodenojejunal fold 



Duodenomesocolic fold 



Intersigmoid recess 



Superior ileocaecal recess 



Inferior ileocaecal recess 



Ileocaecal fold 



Caecal fossa 



Retrocaecal recess 



Caecal fold 



Paracolic recess 



Iliaco-subfascial fossa 



Phrenicohepatic recess 



Middle umbilical fold 



Lateral umbilical fold 



Epigastric fold 



Pubovesical fold 



Transverse vesical fold 



Mesorchium 



Sheath process of peritoneum 



Broad ligament of uterus 

 Mesometrium 

 Mesosalpinx 

 Mesovarium 



Ovarian bursa 



Suspensory ligament of ovary 



Recto-uterine fold 



Recto-uterine excavation, or cul-de- 

 sac of Douglas 



Vesico-uterine excavation 



Rectovesical excavation 



Retroperitoneal space 



