Hepatoduodenal ligament

Hepatoduodenal ligament
Ligament with its contents partially exposed
Details
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum hepatoduodenale
TA98	A10.1.02.105
TA2	3754
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.^{[citation needed]}

Running inside it are the following structures collectively known as the portal triad:^[1]

hepatic artery proper
portal vein
common bile duct

Manual compression of the hepatoduodenal ligament during surgery is known as the Pringle manoeuvre.^{[citation needed]}

The cystoduodenal ligament is also found in the lesser omentum and is distinct from both the hepatoduodenal and hepatogastric ligaments. The cystoduodenal ligament is an abnormal peritoneal fold that attaches the duodenum to the gallbladder, representing a rare variation in the anatomy of the lesser sac and its foramen.^[2]

Another variation sometimes present at the duodenal termination of the hepatoduodenal ligament is the duodenorenal ligament which passes to the front of the right kidney.^[3]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1151 of 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."
^ Ashaolu, J; Ukwenya, V; Adenowo, T (2011). "Cystoduodenal ligament as an abnormal fold and the accompanying anatomical and clinical implications". Surg Radiol Anat. 33 (2): 171–174. doi:10.1007/s00276-010-0736-z. PMID 20976455. S2CID 33094689.
^ "Duodenorenal ligament". Retrieved 27 September 2021.

External links

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 Ligamentum venosum
From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament 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 Abdominal wall Inguinal triangle Peritoneal recesses Paracolic gutters Paramesenteric gutters

Pelvic

Uterus/ovaries	Broad ligament of the uterus Mesovarium Mesosalpinx Mesometrium) Ovarian ligament Suspensory ligament of ovary
Recesses	Female Rectouterine pouch Rectouterine fold (Uterosacral ligament) Vesicouterine pouch Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa Retroperitonium Male Rectovesical pouch Pararectal fossa