Hepatocolic ligament

Hepatocolic ligament

Infobox Ligament
Name = Hepatocolic ligament
Latin = ligamentum hepatocolicum
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From = liver
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The Hepatocolic ligament is an occasional fold of peritoneum that extends from the right side of the lesser omentum and passes from the lower surface of the liver near the gallbladder to the hepatic flexure.


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