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EPIPLOIC FORAMEN
The passage, adown and behind the portal hepatis, connecting the twosacs of the peritoneum; it is bounded anteriorly by the hepatoduodenal ligament and posteriorly by a peritonealfold over the inferiorvena cava.
Synonym: foramen omentale, foramen epiploicum, aditus ad saccum peritonei minorem, Duverney's foramen, Winslow's foramen.