What is gastrosplenic ligament?
What is gastrosplenic ligament?
What is gastrosplenic ligament?
The gastrosplenic ligament is a rather thin delicate structure that connects the superior third of the greater curvature of the stomach to the splenic hilum. This ligament contains the left gastroepiploic and short gastric vessels and their associated lymphatics.
What is Lienorenal ligament?
Splenorenal ligament, also known as the lienorenal ligament is a peritoneal ligament. It represents the dorsal most part of dorsal mesentery and forms part of the lateral border of the lesser sac. It is continuous with the gastrosplenic and phrenicocolic ligaments 1.
Which one of the following structures lies in the gastrosplenic ligament?
Structure. The gastrosplenic ligament is made of visceral peritoneum. It connects the greater curvature of stomach with the hilum of the spleen. It contains the short gastric arteries, short gastric veins, the left gastroepiploic artery, and the left gastroepiploic vein.
Is splenorenal ligament vascular?
It contains the short gastric vessels and left gastroomental (gastroepiploic) arteries and veins. The splenorenal ligament connects the hilum of the spleen with the left kidney. It transmits the splenic artery and vein.
What is contained in the splenorenal ligament?
Anatomical Parts It contains the tail of the pancreas, the only intraperitoneal portion of the pancreas, and splenic vessels.
What does the gastrophrenic ligament connect?
The posterior surface of the esophagus and stomach are devoid of peritoneum close to the gastroesophageal (GE) junction and phrenicoesophageal ligament is attached to the posterior surface of the esophagus while the gastrophrenic ligament is attached to the posterior surface of the stomach.
What does splenorenal ligament contain?
What does the Gastrophrenic ligament connect?
Where does the spleen lie?
The spleen is an organ shaped like a shoe that lies relative to the 9th and 11th ribs and is located in the left hypochondrium and partly in the epigastrium. Thus, the spleen is situated between the fundus of the stomach and the diaphragm.
Is spleen intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal?
Classification of abdominal structures
| Intraperitoneal | Retroperitoneal ( or Extraperitoneal ) |
|---|---|
| Spleen, pancreas (only tail) | Pancreas (except tail) |
| Kidneys, adrenal glands, proximal ureters, renal vessels | |
| In women: ovaries | |
| Inferior vena cava, aorta |
Is the splenorenal ligament continuous with gastrosplenic ligament?
It is continuous with the gastrosplenic and phrenicocolic ligaments 1. The splenorenal ligament is formed from an anterior and posterior peritoneal layer 2. continues as the posterior wall of the lesser sac overlying the anterior surface of left kidney.
What structures are found in the gastrosplenic ligament?
It contains the short gastric arteries, short gastric veins, the left gastroepiploic artery, and the left gastroepiploic vein. Embryonically, the gastrosplenic ligament is derived from the dorsal mesogastrium.
What is gastrosplenic ligament entrapment?
Embryonically, the gastrosplenic ligament is derived from the dorsal mesogastrium. Small intestine may loop through a perforation in the gastrosplenic ligament, ending lateral to the spleen and stomach. This is known as gastrosplenic ligament entrapment, and is usually caused by abdominal trauma.
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