Phrenicocolic ligament

Phrenicocolic ligament

Infobox Ligament
Name = Phrenicocolic ligament
Latin = ligamentum phrenicocolicum
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Caption = Diagram to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera. (Phrenicocolic ligament labeled at center right.)


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A fold of peritoneum, the phrenicocolic ligament, is continued from the left colic flexure to the thoracic diaphragm opposite the tenth and eleventh ribs; it passes below and serves to support the spleen, and therefore has received the name of "sustentaculum lienis".

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