What is the gastrocolic ligament?

The gastrocolic ligament is a portion of the greater omentum that stretches from the greater curvature of the stomach to the transverse colon. It forms part of the anterior wall of the lesser sac. Dividing the gastrocolic ligament provides access to the anterior pancreas and the posterior wall of the stomach.

What is the function of the gastrosplenic ligament?

The gastrosplenic ligament connects the hilum with the greater curvature of the stomach. It contains the short gastric vessels and left gastroomental (gastroepiploic) arteries and veins. The splenorenal ligament connects the hilum of the spleen with the left kidney. It transmits the splenic artery and vein.

What does the gastroepiploic artery do?

The gastroepiploic arteries give off gastric and epiploic (a.k.a. omental) branches that supply the greater curvature of the stomach and the greater omentum.

What are gastroepiploic vessels?

The gastroepiploic artery refers to a group of blood vessels that are found in the abdomen and stomach. The artery is separated into two parts known as the right and left gastroepiploic arteries. These two arteries then merge together to form the gastroepiploic artery.

What is gastrohepatic ligament?

The gastrohepatic ligament is part of the lesser omentum. It joins the gastro-oesophageal junction and lesser curvature of the stomach to the liver at the fissure of the ligamentum venosum superiorly and the porta hepatis inferiorly.

What does the gastrohepatic ligament connect?

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.

What is the meaning of gastrosplenic ligament?

The gastrosplenic ligament is a rather thin delicate structure that connects the superior third of the greater curvature of the stomach to the splenic hilum. This ligament contains the left gastroepiploic and short gastric vessels and their associated lymphatics.

What does the Gastrophrenic ligament connect?

The posterior surface of the esophagus and stomach are devoid of peritoneum close to the gastroesophageal (GE) junction and phrenicoesophageal ligament is attached to the posterior surface of the esophagus while the gastrophrenic ligament is attached to the posterior surface of the stomach.

What does the Gastroepiploic vein drain?

The gastroepiploic vein consists of a pair of veins located near the stomach. These veins drain the greater curvature of the stomach as well as the greater omentum, a large, apron-like fold of tissue that hangs down from the stomach.

What does the right gastroepiploic artery supply?

This vessel gives off numerous branches: “gastric branches”: ascend to supply both surfaces of the stomach. “omental branches”: descend to supply the greater omentum and anastomose with branches of the middle colic.

What does Gastrohepatic mean?

adjective Anatomy. of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.