PERITONEUM
- Peritoneum
- layers
- outer parietal layer
- lines inner surface of abdominal and pelvic walls
- lower surface if diaphragm
- lateral plate mesoderm
- derived from somato-pleuric layer
- inner visceral layer
- lines outer surface of viscera
- lateral plate mesoderm
- splanchnopleuric layer
- Folds of peritoneum by which viscera are suspended
- Embryological
- ventral mesogastrium
- ventral part
- falciform ligament
- right and left triangular ligaments
- superior and inferior layers of coronary ligament
- dorsal part
- lesser omentum
- dorsal mesogastrium
- greater or caudal part
- elongates to form greater omentum
- spleen divides in in to
- ventral part
- dorsal part
- Connections
- omentum
- Mesoappendix
- Mesentry
- Mesoovarium
- Mesometrium
- Mesocolon
- ligaments
- gastrosplenic ligament
- Foramen of winslow / Omental bursa
- relation to peritoneum
- retroperitoneal organs
- subperitoneal
- urinary bladder , prostrate , seminal vesicle , cervix , vagina
- intraperitoneal
- partial peritoneal - pars peritoneal
- ascending and descending colon , rectum
- Functions of peritoneum
- movement of viscera
- protection of viscera
- absorption and dialysis
- healing power and adhesions
- storage of fat
- Peritoneal cavity
- Tracing
- Lesser sac
- Special regions
- Supracolic compartment or subphrenic space
- Infracolic compartment
- Paracolic gutter
- Rectouterine pouch
- Peritoneal Fossa ( recess )
Discussion