phrenicocolic ligament; costocolic ligament

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Introduction

A triangular fold of peritoneum attached to the left colic flexure & to the diaphragm.

The inferior pole of the spleen rests on the ligament.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999