Splenocolic ligament

The splenocolic ligament is a peritoneal ligament connecting the splenic capsule to the transverse colon.[1] Made of visceral peritoneum, it is a component of the greater omentum.[2] Despite being a ligament, it has sufficient vascularization that cutting it during surgery can lead to bleeding complications.[1]

Splenocolic ligament
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Identifiers
Latinligamentum splenocolicum
TAA10.1.02.210
FMA76985
Anatomical terminology

Of clinical relevance, one cause of exercise-induced pain in one's left side (a side stitch) is stretching of this ligament and the peritoneum when the spleen swells from exertion.[2]

Footnotes
  1. Wood et al. 2010, p. 611
  2. Ross 2006, p. 218

References
  • Wood WC, Moore S, Staley C, Skandalakis JE (2010). Anatomic Basis of Tumor Surgery. Second edition. Berlin: Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 3-54074-176-3
  • Ross LM (2006). Atlas of Anatomy: Neck and Internal Organs. First edition. Wemding: Georg Thieme Verlag. ISBN 1-58890-443-1


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