Ligaments

Question 1

Falciform

Answer 1

Connect: liver to anterior abd wall
Contain: ligamentum teres hepatis

Derived from ventral mesentery

Question 2

Hepatoduodenal

Answer 2

Connect: liver to duodenum
Contain: portal triad

Pringle maneuver: can be compressed to control bleeding.
Connects greater and lesser sac

Question 3

Gastrohepatic

Answer 3

Connect:liver to lesser curvature of stomach
Contain: gastric arteries

Separates greater and lesser sacs on the right. (vs. gastrosplenic)
May be cut to access lesser sac

Question 4

Gastrocolic

Answer 4

Connect: greater curvature to transverse colon
Contain: gastroepiploic arteries

Parts of greater omentum

Question 5

Gastrosplenic

Answer 5

Connect: greater curvature and spleen
Contain: short gastrics, left gastroepiploic vessels

Separates greater and lesser sacs on the left (vs. gastohepatic)

Question 6

Splenorenal

Answer 6

Connect: spleen to posterior abd wall
Contain: splenic artery and vein, tail of pancreas