Liver. 



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362. The Peritoneal Ligaments of the Liver of a 

 Child several weeks old. 



The peritoneal folds of the liver are further : 



a) between the liver and the lesser curvature of the stomach the 

 Ligamentum hepato-gastricum s. Omentum minus; 



b) between the liver and duodenum the Ligamentum hepato-duodenale ; 



c) between the liver and upper part. of the right kidney the Liga- 

 mentum hepato-renale ; 



d) between the liver and colon the Ligamentum hepato-colicum ; the 

 two latter ligaments are not always well developed. 



Between the Ligamentum hepato-duocknale and Ligamentum duodeno- 

 renale is the oval Foramen Winslowii, through which a finger or probe 

 will pass into a space behind the stomach and lesser omentum, which 

 space is called Saccus peritonei retroventricularis s. Bursa omentalis. 



The round ligament is a fibrous cord resulting from the obliteration 

 of the umbilical vein; the Ductus venosus Arantii, also obliterates after 

 birth, is in the foetus a continuation of the umbilical vein, and joins 

 the left hepatic vein at the point of junction of that vessel with the 

 inferior Vena cava. 



Ileitzraann, Atlas. II. 5 



