. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. THE PERITONEUM 1261 fold to the transverse or portal fissure of the liver; to the left of this fissure the double fold is attached to the bottom of the fissure for the ligamentum venosum, along which it is carried to the Diaphragm, where the two layers separate to embrace the end of the oesophagus. At the right border the two layers are continuous and form a free margin which constitutes the anterior boundary of the foramen of Winslow. Between the two layers, close to this free margin, are the hepatic artery, the com- mon bile duct, the portal vein,
. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. THE PERITONEUM 1261 fold to the transverse or portal fissure of the liver; to the left of this fissure the double fold is attached to the bottom of the fissure for the ligamentum venosum, along which it is carried to the Diaphragm, where the two layers separate to embrace the end of the oesophagus. At the right border the two layers are continuous and form a free margin which constitutes the anterior boundary of the foramen of Winslow. Between the two layers, close to this free margin, are the hepatic artery, the com- mon bile duct, the portal vein, lymphatics, and the hepatic plexus of nerves (Fig. 1000) —all these structures being enclosed in loose areolar tissue which is continuous with Glisson's capsule. Between the layers where they are attached to the stomach lie the gastric artery and the pyloric branch of the hepatic artery. The greater or gastrocolic omentum {omentum majtis) (Figs. 996 and 1002) is the largest peritoneal fold. It consists of a double sheet of peritoneum, folded on itself so that it is made up of four layers. The two layers which descend from the stomach pass in front of the small intestines, sometimes as low down as the pelvis; they then turn upon themselves, and ascend again as far as the transverse colon, where they separate and enclose that part of the intestine. These separate layers may be easily demonstrated in the young subject, but in the adult they are morev CYSTIC DUCT FREE EDG OF LESSE OMENTU. PANCREATIC DUCT IGHT GASTRO- PIPLOIC ARTERY SUPERIOR PANCREATICO' DUODENAL ARTERY Fig. 1000.—Structures between the layers of the lesser omentum. The liver has been raised up, and the anterior layer of the omentum removed. Semidiagrammatic. (Cunningham.) or less inseparably blended. The left border of the greater omentum is continuous with the gastrosplenic omentum; its right border extends only as far as the duo- denum. The greater omentum is usually thin, presents a cribriform appearance, a
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