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]]