Spleen is suppoed by all of the following except:
Correct Answer: Ligamentum teres
Description: The spleen is the largest single mass of lymphoid tissue in the body.It lies just beneath the left half of the diaphragm close to the 9th, 10th, and 11th ribs.The long axis lies along the shaft of the 10th rib, and its lower pole extends forward only as far as the midaxillary line. The spleen is surrounded by peritoneum which passes from it at the hilum as the gastrosplenic omentum (ligament) to the greater curvature of the stomach (carrying the sho gastric and left gastroepiploic vessels).The peritoneum also passes to the left kidney as the splenicorenal/lineorenal ligament (carrying the splenic vessels and the tail of the pancreas).Phrenicocolic ligament is not attached to the spleen but suppos its anterior endLigamentum teres is related with the liver and represents the obliterated left umbilical vein
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