Hepatoduodenal ligament

Hepatoduodenal ligament
Ligament with its contents partially exposed
Details
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum hepatoduodenale
TA	A10.1.02.105
FMA	16521
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

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

Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentery

General

Abdominal

From ventral mesentery	Lesser omentum Hepatoduodenal ligament Hepatogastric ligament Liver Coronary ligament (Left triangular ligament Right triangular ligament Hepatorenal ligament) Falciform ligament (Round ligament of liver and Ligamentum venosum in it, but not of it)

From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery Transverse mesocolon Sigmoid mesocolon Mesoappendix Root of the mesentery Splenorenal ligament Phrenicocolic ligament Folds Umbilical folds Supravesical fossa Medial inguinal fossa Lateral umbilical fold Lateral inguinal fossa Ileocecal fold

Abdominal cavity	Greater sac Lesser sac Omental foramen

General	Cystohepatic triangle Hepatorenal recess of subhepatic space Abdominal wall Inguinal triangle Peritoneal recesses Paracolic gutters Paramesenteric gutters

Uterus/ovaries	Broad ligament of the uterus Mesovarium Mesosalpinx Mesometrium) Ovarian ligament Suspensory ligament of ovary

Recesses	Male Recto-vesical pouch Pararectal fossa Female Recto-uterine pouch Recto-uterine fold (Uterosacral ligament) Vesico-uterine pouch Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa Retroperitonium

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