This document provides an overview of the peritoneum and peritoneal cavity through a lecture with various references and links. It discusses the reflections of the peritoneum in the male and female abdomen and the supracolic and infracolic compartments. It also details the epiploic foramen/omental foramen/foramen of Winslow, which is the vertical slit-like opening that allows communication between the lesser and greater sacs. Finally, it describes the lesser sac or omental bursa, the large recess behind the stomach with a "hot water bag" shape that is closed off except where it connects to the greater sac through the epiploic foramen.

1. (lecture 2)
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28.04.2020

2. Reflection of Peritoneum
https://www.slideshare.net/JaPatel1/peritoneum-and-peritoneal-cavity-90232486
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-falciform-ligament-region:
comprehensive anatomy and imaging

3. Sagittal section through the abdomen to show the reflections of peritoneum
Male Female
https://www.wesnorman.com/peritoneum.htm

4. Supracolic and Infracolic Compartments
http://y7177.com/sa/anato/peritoneum/index.htm

5. Horizontal Tracing above the Level of the Transverse Colon
(Supracolic compartment)
https://www.jaypeedigital.com/eReader/chapter/9788180617348/ch132

6. Horizontal Tracing below the Level of the Transverse Colon
(Infracolic compartment)

9. Horizontal section through male pelvis showing horizontal
disposition of peritoneum

10. https://www.slideshare.net/AbbasALRobaiyee1/pelvis-perineum-anatomy-1

11. Horizontal section through female pelvis showing horizontal
disposition of peritoneum

12. Epiploic Foramen/Omental Foramen/Foramen of Winslow
• Vertical slit-like opening
through which the lesser sac
communicates with greater
sac.
• The foramen is situated
behind the right free margin of
the lesser omentum at the
level of the 12th thoracic
vertebra.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omental_foramen

13. Boundaries of epiploic foramen

18. LESSER SAC OR OMENTAL BURSA
• This is a large recess of the
peritoneal cavity behind the
stomach, the lesser omentum and
the caudate lobe of the liver.
• It is closed all around, except in the
upper part of its right border where
it communicates with the greater
sac through the epiploic foramen.
• Shape: hot water bag like

20. Boundaries of lesser sac

28. http://y7177.com/sa/anato/peritoneum/omental_bursa.htm

30. https://www.slideshare.net/Bahnassy/squeezed-through-holes-imaging-of-internal-hernia

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