Foramen of Winslow 3222240 213319658 2008-05-18T20:37:07Z PipepBot 4984067 robot Adding: [[it:Forame epiploico]] {{Infobox Anatomy | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = foramen epiploicum | GraySubject = 246 | GrayPage = 1156 | Image = Gray1035.png | Caption = Vertical disposition of the [[peritoneum]]. [[Main cavity]], red; [[omental bursa]], blue. (Bristle in epiploic foramen labeled at upper left.) | Image2 = Illu lymph chain08.jpg | Caption2 = Foramen of Winslow is at #14. | System = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = | DorlandsSuf = | }} In [[human anatomy]], the '''foramen of Winslow''' (named after the anatomist [[Jacques-Bénigne Winslow|Jean-Jacques Bénigne Winslow]]<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|3569}}</ref>), 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== <gallery> Image:Gray1039.png|Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the upper part of the abdomen. Image:Gray1040.png|Diagram to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera. </gallery> ==See also== *[[Terms for anatomical location]] ==References== <references/> ==External links== * {{Medcyclopaedia|ii/f/foramen_of_winslow}} * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|37|08|01|00}} - "Abdominal Cavity: The Epiploic Foramen" * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|7|8|26}} * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|7|8|31}} * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|7|8|75}} * {{NormanAnatomy|peritoneum}} * {{NormanAnatomy|abdominalcavity}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|xsectthrulesseromentum}}) {{Gray's}} {{Peritoneum}} [[Category:General surgery]] [[Category:Abdomen]] [[it:Forame epiploico]] [[pl:Otwór sieciowy]]