Hepatoduodenal ligament

Hepatoduodenal ligament
	File:Hepatoduodenal ligament EN.svg Ligament with its contents partially exposed
Details
Latin	ligamentum hepatoduodenale
Identifiers
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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 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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