| Ligament: Gastrosplenic ligament | ||
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| Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the upper part of the abdomen. (Gastrolienal ligament labeled at upper right.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum gastrosplenicum, ligamentum gastrolienale | |
| Gray's | subject #278 1283 | |
| From | greater curvature of the stomach | |
| To | splenic hilum | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492276 | |
The gastrosplenic ligament (ligamentum gastrosplenicum or gastrolienal ligament) is part of the greater omentum.
Embryonically the gastrosplenic ligament is derived from the dorsal mesogastrium.[1]
The gastrosplenic ligament is a made of peritoneum that connects the greater curvature of stomach with the hilum of the spleen.
Contains: Short gastric vessels and left gastro-epiploic vessels
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- SUNY Figs 37:03-07
- SUNY Figs 37:05-12
- SUNY Labs 37:07-0100
- SUNY Labs 38:st-0301
- SUNY Figs 38:03-04
- Diagram at Tn.edu
- Photo of model at Waynesburg College digirep/greateromentum
- abdominalcavity at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (xsectthrulesseromentum)
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