Phrenicosplenic ligament

Phrenicosplenic ligament
Diagram to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera (phrenicosplenic ligament labeled at center right)
Details
Latin	Ligamentum phrenicosplenicum, ligamentum phrenicolienale or sustentaculum lienis
From	Thoracic diaphragm
To	Spleen
Identifiers
TA	A10.1.02.206
FMA	76981
Anatomical terminology

The phrenosplenic ligament (lienophrenic ligament or phrenicolienal ligament) is a double fold of peritoneum that connects the thoracic diaphragm and spleen.^[1]

The phrenicolienal ligament is part of the greater omentum. Distinctions between the phrenicosplenic ligament and adjacent ligaments, such as the gastrophrenic, gastrosplenic and splenorenal ligaments, which are all part of the same mesenteric sheet, are often nebulous.^[1]

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