
Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen
Relations along superior border of pancreas
Image #146-1
KEYWORDS: Gallbladder, Liver, Pancreas, Spleen.
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Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen
Relations along superior border of pancreas
The pancreas has been deflected downward slightly and superior parts of the duodenum (13) has been pulled outward and downward. Massed fibres of the celiac plexus surround the origins of the hepatic, left gastric and splenic arteries and thus obscure the celiac trunk (25).
- Hepatic vein
- Liver (pointer on margin of dissected area)
- Upper pointer: Portal vein (left branch) Lower pointer: Left hepatic duct
- Right hepatic duct
- Filament of hepatic plexus
- Common hepatic duct
- Cystic duct
- Portal vein
- Proper hepatic artery
- Common bile duct
- Upper pointer: Gastroduodenal artery Lower pointer: Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
- Gallbladder (fundus)
- Duodenum (reflected)
- Caudate lobe of liver
- Abdominal part of esophagus (cut across)
- Diaphragm (covered by fascia)
- Spleen
- Pancreaticospleenalic lymph node (note other nodes and lymphatic vessels along course of splenic artery)
- Branch of splenic artery (accompanied by filaments of splenic plexus)
- Gastric plexus
- Left gastric artery and vein
- Splenic artery
- Tail of pancreas
- Upper pointer: Vestibule of omental bursa Lower pointer: Hepatic lymph node
- Location of celiac trunk (surrounded by nerves)
- Upper pointer: Common hepatic artery Lower pointer: Portal vein
- Body of pancreas
- Jejunum (cut across)
- Superior mesenteric artery and vein
- Ascending part of duodenum