Left triangular ligament
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| Ligament: Left triangular ligament | ||
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| The superior surface of the liver. | ||
| Latin | ligamentum triangulare sinistrum hepatis | |
| Gray's | subject #250 1193 | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12493479 | |
The left triangular ligament is a fold of some considerable size, which connects the posterior part of the upper surface of the left lobe to the diaphragm; its anterior layer is continuous with the left layer of the falciform ligament.
[edit] Additional images
 Diagram to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera. |
[edit] External links
- Norman/Georgetown liver (liversuperior)
- SUNY Labs 38:10-0103 - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Ligaments of the Liver"
- SUNY Anatomy Image 7872
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greater omentum (gastrosplenic ligament, gastrophrenic ligament, gastrocolic ligament, splenorenal ligament), lesser omentum (hepatogastric ligament, hepatoduodenal ligament)
falciform ligament, round ligament of liver, coronary ligament, ligamentum venosum, phrenicocolic ligament, left triangular ligament, right triangular ligament, broad ligament of the uterus, ovarian ligament, suspensory ligament of the ovary
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