ABDOMEN AND PELVIS 473 



What is its relation to the spleen? (Vide Spalteholz, Figs. 592, 

 593.) Why has it been called the sustentaculum lienis? 



(2) Phrenicosplenic ligament (Lig. phrenicolienale) . Is it present? 



(3) Ligaments of liver. 



(a) Coronary ligament of liver (Lig. coronarium hepatis). (Vide 



Cunningham, p. 1066.) 



(b) Falciform ligament of liver (Lig. falciforme hepatis). 



(c) Right and left triangular ligaments (Lig. triangulare dextrum 



et sinistrum). 



(4) Ligaments of omentum minus. 



(a) Hepatoduodenal ligament (Lig. hepatoduodenale) . 



(b) Hepatogastric ligament (Lig. hepatogastricum). 



(5) Hepatorenal ligament (Lig. hepatorenale). (Cf. Spalteholz, Fig. 



594.) 



(6) Duodenorenal ligament (Lig. duodenorenale) . (Cf. Spalteholz, Fig. 



595.) 



(7) Gastrolienal ligament (Lig. gastrolienale) (0. T. gastrosplenic omen- 



turn). 



(8) Gastrocolic ligament (Lig. gastrocolicum) . 



In the pelvic cavity study the general disposition of the peri- 

 toneum. To what extent does it cover the rectum, uterus, and 

 bladder ? 



Note especially the following: 



In the male. 



(a) Anterior surface of the bladder. Is it covered by peritoneum? 



What is the prevesical space of Retzius (cavum Retzii) ? (Vide 

 Cunningham, p. 410.) 



(b) Pouch between bladder and rectum. This is known as the exca- 



vatio rectovesicalis. 



(c) Pubovesical fold (plica pubovesicalis) , also the transverse vesical 



fold (plica vesicalis transversa). 



In the female. 



(a) Broad ligament of uterus (Lig. latum uteri). What are the meso- 



metrium, the mesovarium, and the mesosalpinx ? (Vide Figs. 

 290 and 293; Spalteholz, Fig. 662; Toldt, Fig. 845.) 



(b) Ovarian bursa (bursa ovarica). 



(c) Suspensory ligament of ovary (Lig. suspensorium ovarii) (Toldt, 



Fig. 900). Why is this fold often referred to as the infundibulo- 

 pelvic ligament? What artery runs in this fold? 



(d) Recto-uterine fold (plica recto-uterina). 



(e) Recto-uterine excavation, or cul-de-sac of Douglas (excavatio recto- 



uterina [Douglasi] ) . 



What viscera are said to be retroperitoneal ? Determine 

 what viscera have a complete peritoneal covering. What vis- 

 cera are only partially covered by this membrane? 



How can you expose the third portion of the duodenum (pars 

 inferior duodeni) f What is its relation to the parietal perito- 



