The peritoneum

SHANDONG UNIVERSITY Liu Zhiyu

General features

The peritoneum is a thin serous membrane that line the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities and cover the organs within these cavities

Parietal peritoneum － lines the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities

Visceral peritoneum － covers the organs

General features

Peritoneal cavity － the potential space betwee

n the parietal and visceral layer of peritoneum, in the male, is a closed sac, but in the female, there is a communication with the exterior through the uterine tubes, the uterus, and the vagina.

Function Secretion: serous fluid

that moistens the organs.

Absorption Support and protection

abdominal organs

The relationship between viscera and peritoneum

Intraperitoneal viscera － viscera completely surrounded by peritoneum, such a

s ： stomach, superior part of duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, vermiform appendix, transverse and sigmoid colons, spleen ， ovary and uterine tube

Intraperitoneal viscera

Interperitoneal viscera － most part of viscera surrounded by peritoneum, exa

mple, liver, gallbladder, ascending and descending colon, upper part of rectum, urinary bladder and uterus

Interperitoneal viscera

Retroperitoneal viscera － some organs are covered by peritoneum on their

anterior surfaces only, example, kidney, suprarenal gland, pancreas, descending and horizontal parts of duodenum, middle and lower parts of rectum and ureter

Retroperitoneal viscera

Structures formed by peritoneum

Omentum － two-layered fold of peritoneum that extends from stomach to adjacent organs

Lesser omentum － two-layered fold of p

eritoneum which extends from porta hepatis to lesser curvature of stomach and superior part of duodenum

Lessor omentum

Hepatogastric ligament － from porta hepatis to lesser curvature of stomach

Hepatoduodenal ligament

extends from porta hepatis to superior part of duodenum, it contains common bile duct, proper hepatic a. hepatic portal v.

A four-layered fold of peritoneum connecting the greater curvature of stomach and superior part of duodenum to transverse colon, which hangs down like an apron in front of coils of small intestine.

Greater omentum

Lessor omentum

Greater omentum

Omental bursa

Position － situated behind the lesser omentum and stomach

Walls ： Superior － peritoneum w

hich covers the caudate lobe of liver and diaphragm

Anterior － lesser omentum, peritoneum of posterior wall of stomach, and anterior two layers of greater omentum

Omental bursa

Inferior － conjunctive area of anterior and posterior two layers of greater omentum

Posterior － posterior two layers of greater omentum, transverse colon and transverse mesocolon, peritoneum covering posterior abdominal wall.

Left － spleen,

gastrosplenic ligament

splenorenal ligament

Right － omental foramen

Omental bursa

Position: lies between the liver and duodenum, behind the lesser omentum and infront of the inferior vena cava

Omental (epiploic)foramen

The omental bursa (lesser sac) communicates with the greater sac through the omental foramen.

Mesenteries or mesocolons

－ two-layered fold of peritoneum that attach the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall

Mesentery -suspends the small intestine from the posterior abdominal wall

-Broad and a fan-shaped

Radix of mesentery 15 cm long Directed obliquely

from left side of L2 vertebra to right sacroiliac joint

Mesoappendix

Triangular mesentery －extends from terminal pa

rt of ileum to appendix

Appendicular artery runs in fr

ee margin of the mesoappen

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Transverse mesocolon － a double fold of peritoneum which connects the transverse colon to the posterior abdominal wall.

Sigmoid mesocolon － attaches the sigmoid colon to the pelvic wall,the sigmoid.

Ligaments of liver Falciform ligament of li

ver Consists of double per

itoneal layer Extends from anterior

abdominal wall (umbilicus) to live

Free border of the ligament contains ligamentum teres

Ligaments

Coronary ligament － the area between upper and lower layer of the coronary ligament is the bare area of liverwhich contract with the diaphragm;

Left and right triangular ligaments － formed by left and right extremity of coronary ligament

Hepatogastric ligament

Hepatoduodenal ligament

Ligaments of spleen

Gastrosplenic ligament － connects the fundus of stomach to hilum of spleen. the short gastric and left gastroepiploic vessels pass through it.

Splenorenal ligament － extends between the hilum of spleen and left kidney.

The splenic vessels lies within this ligament, as well as the tail of pancreas

Ligaments of spleen

Phrenicosplenic ligament Splenocolic ligament

Hepatogastric ligament Gastrosplenic ligament Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament

Ligaments of stomach

Folds and recesses of posterior abdominal wall

Superior duodenal fold and recess

Inferior duodenal fold and recess

Intersigmoid recess －between posterior wall of abdomen and sigmoid mesocolon

Retrocecal recess － in which the appendix frequenty lies

Hepatorenal recess － lies between the right lobe of liver, right kidney, and right colic flexure, and is the lowest parts of the peritoneal cavity when the subject is supine

Folds and fossas of anterior abdominal wall

Medial umbilical fold － contain the remnant of urachus (median umbilical ligaments)

Medial umbilical fold － contains remnants of the umbilical arteries

Lateral umbilical fold －contains the inferior epigastric vessels

Folds and fossas of anterior abdominal wall

Supravesical fossa Medial inguinal fossa

Lateral inguinal fossa

★ Pouches

In male － rectovesical pouch

In female

Rectouterine pouch

－ between rectum and uterus

Vesicouterine pouch

－ between bladder and uterus

Peritoneal subdivisions

The transverse colon and transverse mesocolon divides the greater sac into supracolic and infracolic compartments

Supracolic compartment (subphrenic space) － may be divided into Suprahepatic space and Infrahepatic space by the liver.

Peritoneal subdivisions

Suprahepatic space

lies between the diaphragm and liver;It is divided into

right and left suprahepatic spaces by the falciform ligament

Left suprahepatic space left anterior suprahepat

ic spaces left posterior suprahep

atic spaces

Right suprahepatic space

right anterior suprahepatic spaces

bare area of live (extraperitoneal space)

Infrahepatic space - lies between the live and tr

ansverse colon and transverse mesocolon;

-the ligamentum teres hepatic divides it into

Right infrahepatic space (hepatorenal recess)

Left infrahepatic space

Infrahepatic space

Left infrahepatic space divieded into(by the leser omentum and stomach) left anterior infrahepatic

space left posterior infrahepati

c space (omental bursa)

Infracolic compartment － lies below the transverse colon and transverse mesocolon

Right paracolic sulcus (gutter) －

lies lateral to the ascending colon. It communicates with the hepatorenal recess and the pelvic cavity.

Infracolic compartment

Left paracolic sulcus (gutter) － lies lateral to the descending colon. It is separated from the area around the spleen by the phrenicocolic ligament.

Infracolic compartment

Left mesenteric sinus － triangular space, lies between root of mesentery, ascending colon, right 2/3 of transverse colon

Right mesenteric sinus － lies between root of mesentery, descending colon, right 1/3 of transverse colon, and is continuous with the cavity of the pelvis