Foramen of Winslow
| Foramen of Winslow | |
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| Vertical disposition of the peritoneum. Main cavity, red; omental bursa, blue. (Bristle in epiploic foramen labeled at upper left.) | |
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| Foramen of Winslow is at #14. | |
| Latin | foramen epiploicum |
| Gray's | subject #246 1156 |
In human anatomy, the foramen of Winslow (named after the anatomist Jean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow), also known as the omental foramen, epiploic foramen and foramen epiploicum (Latin), is the passage of communication, or foramen, between the greater sac, the general cavity (of the abdomen), and the lesser sac, the omental bursa.
Borders
It has the following borders:
- anterior: the free border of the lesser omentum. This has two layers and within these layers are the common bile duct, hepatic artery, and hepatic portal vein.
- posterior: the peritoneum covering the inferior vena cava
- superior: the peritoneum covering the caudate lobe of the liver
- inferior: the peritoneum covering the commencement of the duodenum and the hepatic artery, the latter passing forward below the foramen before ascending between the two layers of the lesser omentum.
Additional images
 Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the upper part of the abdomen. |
 Diagram to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera. |
See also
References
- synd/3569 at Who Named It
External links
- ii/f/foramen_of_winslow article at GE's Medcyclopaedia
- SUNY Labs 37:08-0100 - "Abdominal Cavity: The Epiploic Foramen"
- SUNY Anatomy Image 7826
- SUNY Anatomy Image 7831
- SUNY Anatomy Image 7875
- Norman/Georgetown peritoneum
- Norman/Georgetown abdominalcavity (xsectthrulesseromentum)
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| Peritoneal ligaments, mesenteries, and folds | |
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| 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 |
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Foramen of Winslow". Image Credit.
