Espiral Atlas
Anatomical regionAbdomen

Omenta and peritoneal ligaments

omentum minus, omentum majus, ligamenta peritonealia

The omenta and ligaments connect the viscera to one another and to the wall: the stomach to the liver by the hepatogastric ligament (membranous part of the lesser omentum); the duodenum, by the hepatoduodenal ligament (thickened free edge of the lesser omentum).

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