Hepatoduodenal ligament

Hepatoduodenal ligament
	Ligament with its contents partially exposed
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Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum hepatoduodenale
TA	A10.1.02.105
FMA	16521
	Anatomical terminology

The hepatoduodenal ligament is the portion of the lesser omentum extending between the porta hepatis of the liver and the superior part of the duodenum.

Running inside it are the following structures collectively known as the portal triad:[1]

Manual compression of the hepatoduodenal ligament during surgery is known as the Pringle Maneuver.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1151 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Anatomy figure: 38:02-06 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Contents of the hepatoduodenal ligament."

Anatomy figure: 37:04-03 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The stomach and lesser omentum."
Anatomy image:7830 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
abdominalcavity at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
Peritoneal Cavity Development - Page 6 of 14 anatomy module at med.umich.edu

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