Gastrocolic ligament

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Ligament: Gastrocolic ligament
Latin	ligamentum gastrocolicum
Gray's	subject #246 1151
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The gastrocolic ligament is a portion of the greater omentum connecting to the transverse colon.

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SUNY Labs 37:07-0103 - "Abdominal Cavity: The Greater Omentum"
Description at umich.edu

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v • d • e Peritoneal ligaments, mesenteries, and folds

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 and Ligamentum venosum in it, but not of it)

From dorsal mesentery	Greater omentum: Gastrophrenic ligament - Gastrocolic ligament - Gastrosplenic ligament Mesentery: Transverse mesocolon - Sigmoid mesocolon - Mesoappendix - Root of the mesentery Splenorenal ligament - Phrenicocolic ligament

Uterus/ovaries	Broad ligament of the uterus (Mesovarium, Mesosalpinx, Mesometrium) - Ovarian ligament - Suspensory ligament of the ovary

Folds	Umbilical folds (Supravesical fossa, Medial inguinal fossa, Lateral inguinal fossa) - Ileocecal fold - Rectouterine folds

Recesses	Rectouterine pouch - Vesicouterine excavation - Rectovesical excavation - Pararectal fossa - Paravesical fossa

Peritoneal cavity	Greater sac - Lesser sac - Foramen of Winslow