Hepatogastric ligament

The hepatogastric ligament or gastrohepatic ligament connects the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach. It contains the right and the left gastric arteries. In the abdominal cavity it separates the greater and lesser sacs on the right. It is sometimes cut during surgery in order to access the lesser sac. The hepatogastric ligament consists of a dense cranial portion and the caudal portion termed the pars flaccida.

Hepatogastric ligament
In this image, the hepatogastric ligament is labeled the lesser omentum, which it is part of. The gastroduodenal ligament is a separate ligament but also part of the lesser omentum.
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Fromliver
Tostomach
Identifiers
LatinLigamentum hepatogastricum
TAA10.1.02.104
FMA16520
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1157 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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