Structure of Peritoneum: Where Does It Come From?
Structure of Peritoneum: Where Does It Come From?
Structure of Peritoneum: Where Does It Come From?
The visceral peritoneum is derived from the splanchnic mesoderm and covers the
viscera
The peritoneal cavity is a potential cavity between these two layers and only
contains a small amount of fluid.
Omentum
• Sigmoid mesocolon.
Umbilical folds.
Retrouterine folds
Ileocaecal folds
Peritoneal ligaments
Gastrospenic ligaments
Splenorenal ligament
Gastrophrenic ligament
Gastrocolic ligament
Phrenicocolic ligament
Falciform ligament
Ligament Teres Hepatis
Coronary ligaments
Ligamentum Venosum
Abdominal cavity
• 3 recesses
Superior recess-liver stomach and lesser
omentum
5 recesses
Subphrenic
Subhepatic
Hepatorenal
(Morrisons pouch formed by the sub hepatic and
hepatorenal)
Paracolic recess
Epiploic foramen
Supracolic compartment
• Right upper
• Right lower
• Left upper
• Left lower
Infracloic
• right
• left
Pelvic