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the transverse meso-colon, (3) the anterior surface of the pancreas, 

 and (4) the upper pole of the left kidney, the left suprarenal 

 gland, and the diaphragm. 



When a transverse section is made through the abdomen 

 so as to pass through the epiploic foramen, the connection of 

 the omental bursa with the great sac is at once demonstrated 

 (Fig. 86). On the left side, at this level, the two layers of 



FIG. 87. Transverse Section of Abdomen, immediately below the 

 Epiploic Foramen. 



12. Inferior vena cava. 



13. Right suprarenal gland. 



14. Right kidney. 



15. Great sac. 



16. Bile-duct. 



17. Gastro-duodenal artery. 



1 8. Liver. 



19. Duodenum, ist part. 



ii. Portal vein. 20. Falciform ligament. 



1. Omental bursa (O.T. small sac). 



2. Stomach. 3. Great sac. 4. Great sac. 



5. Gastro-splenic ligament (O.T. gastro- 



splenic omentum). 



6. Lieno-renal ligament. 



7. Left kidney. 



8. Pancreas. 



9. Left suprarenal gland. 

 10. Aorta. 



peritoneum which enclose the stomach pass backwards from the 

 fundus to form the gastro- splenic ligament. At the hilum of the 

 spleen, the lateral (originally anterior) layer gives a complete 

 investment to that organ, which therefore projects into the 

 supra-colic compartment of the peritoneal cavity. From the 

 hilum, the two layers pass backwards to the left kidney as the 

 lieno-renal ligament and then they diverge, the one lining the 

 great sac and the other the omental bursa. These two folds, 

 together with the hilum of the spleen, form the left boundary 



