Male peritoneal cavity is closed.
Left paracolic gutter is partially closed from supracolic compartment by.
Define the significance of the omental foramen.
Left and right paracolic gutter left and right infrocolic space.
A similar kind of supporting ligament is not found near the hepatic flexure on the right side.
Greater sac the main and larger part of the peritoneal cavity 1 supracolic compartment above transverse colon 2 infracolic compartment below transverse colon.
The supramesocolic space is the peritoneal space above the root of the transverse mesocolon the inframesocolic space lies below the root of the transverse mesocolon.
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The supracolic and infracolic compartments are connected by the paracolic gutters which lie between the posterolateral abdominal wall and the lateral aspect of the ascending or descending colon.
It can be arbitrarily divided into right and left supramesocolic spaces and subspaces.
The inframesocolic space is the peritoneal space below the root of the transverse mesocolon the supramesocolic space lies above the transverse mesocolon s root.
The infracolic compartment is comprised of the greater sac below the transverse mesocolon and contains the small intestine the ascending colon and the descending colon.
Unlike the right lateral paracolic gutter the left lateral paracolic gutter is limited superiorly by the phrenicocolic ligament phrenico relating to the diaphragm.
Therefore the left lateral paracolic gutter does not communicate with the supracolic compartment but the right lateral paracolic gutter does.
These are normally in communication with each other but may become separated by inflammatory membranes or disease.
The latter three ligaments also aid in partially separating the subphrenic space from the left paracolic gutter.
The left paracolic gutter is separated from the left supracolic space by the phrenicocolic ligament which is present near the lower pole of the spleen figure 3.
The mesentery of the small intestine subdivides this area into left and right sides.
The infracolic compartment is further divided into left and right infracolic spaces by the mesentery of the small intestine.
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