ligament of Treitz

ligament of Treitz
ligament of Treitz -'trīts n a band of smooth muscle extending from the junction of the duodenum and jejunum to the left crus of the diaphragm and functioning as a suspensory ligament
Treitz Wenzel (1819-1872)
Austrian physician. Treitz was a professor of anatomy and pathology at Krakow and later at Prague. In 1857 he rendered a classic description of the suspensory ligament of the duodenum which is now known as the ligament of Treitz.

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musculus suspensorius duodeni.

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