Right triangular ligament

Ligament connected to the liver

Right triangular ligament
The superior surface of the liver.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum triangulare dextrum hepatis
TA98	A10.1.02.304
TA2	3775
FMA	76986
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The right triangular ligament is situated at the right extremity of the bare area, and is a small fold which passes to the diaphragm, being formed by the apposition of the upper and lower layers of the coronary ligament.

Additional images

Diagram to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1193 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

liver at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (liversuperior)

Anatomy of the peritoneum and mesentery

General

Peritoneum
- cavity
Mesentery

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