Phrenicocolic ligament


phrenicocolic ligament phren·i·co·col·ic ligament (frěn’ĭ-kō-kŏl’ĭk, -kō’lĭk)
n.
A triangular fold of peritoneum attached to the left flexure of the colon and to the diaphragm, on which the inferior extremity of the spleen rests.

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