Coronary ligament (liver)

The coronary ligament is a peritoneal ligament complex of the liver which encloses the bare area of the liver.

Gross anatomy

The coronary ligament is formed by the reflection of the peritoneum from the undersurface of the diaphragm onto the superior and posterior surfaces to the right lobe of the liver,

I­­­t is made up of a superior and inferior layer. The superior and inferior reflections enclose the bare area of the liver, a roughly triangular area, that houses the IVC and the superior aspect of the right adrenal gland .

Anteriorly, the coronary ligament is continuous with the left and right layers of the falciform ligament. On the posteroinferior border, the layers converge as the right triangular ligament, on the posterior aspect of segment VI. On the left superior surface, the layers converge to form the left triangular ligament, which sits above segment II.