Morphometric characteristics of spleen ligaments and their topography-anatomical relations with the splenic artery branches and pancreas tail
The individual peculiarities of the spleen ligaments, their morphometric characteristics, and the architectonic of the splenic artery and its branches were studied with 15 nonembalmed corpses and 32 abdominal complexes of adults using the traditional anatomical research methods. It was noted that the width and length of the gastrosplenic and phrenicosplenic ligaments correlate in direct proportion to the corresponding dimensions of spleen. It was established that the topography of the splenic artery and its main branches, as well as the tail of pancreas and splenic extraperitoneal area is rather variable. In most cases, the splenic artery and its branches are located in fatty tissue between the anterior leaf of the gastrosplenic ligament and posterior leaf of the phrenicosplenic ligament. We determined three types of division of splenic artery terminal branches within splenic hiluses. It was found that the form and sizes of the extraperitoneal area are distinguished by the attachment lines of posterior leaf of phrenicosplenic and colonosplenic ligaments to the visceral surface of spleen.