Phrenicocolic ligament
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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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| Latin | Ligamentum phrenicocolicum |
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| Anatomical terminology
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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.[1]
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Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing
The phrenicocolic ligament is also called Hensing's ligament after Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (* 1719; † 1745), a German professor for medicine in Gießen.[2][3]
References
- ↑ This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ↑ Hensing ligament in The Free Dictionary by Farlex, Medical Eponyms, Farlex, 2012.
- ↑ Friedrich W. Hensing in The Free Dictionary by Farlex, Medical Eponyms, Farlex, 2012.
External links
- spleen at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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