THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY 



transverse colon, which at this point may or may not possess a 

 mesentery, and in this situation the peritoneum, which gives it 

 an anterior covering only, is lifted from its surface. Above the 

 transverse colon, the second part of the duodenum lies in the 



Epiploic foramen 



Cystic artery 

 Portal trem 

 Hepatic artery 

 Lesser oir.entum 



Bile-duct 

 - Right gastric artery 



Right suprarenal gla 



Peritoneum, cut edg( 



Head of pancreas 



Peritoneum, cut edg< 

 Inferior vena cava 



Right ureter 



FIG. 96. Exposure of the Terminal Part of the Bile-Duct. The peritoneum 

 has been incised along the right sides of the right colic flexure and of the 

 duodenum. The duodenum and the flexure have been turned downwards 

 and to the left, exposing the posterior surface of the head of the pancreas. 

 A small window has been made in the anterior layer of the lesser omentum 

 at its right border. 



supra-colic compartment ; below, it lies in the right infra-colic 

 compartment and is related laterally to the ascending colon 

 (Fig. 88). The head of the pancreas and the terminal part of 

 the bile-duct are related to its medial side. 



Owing to its peritoneal relations, the second part of the 



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