During surgery, you come across the opening shown in the image. The artery that is found in this location gives rise to the:
a. Gastroduodenal artery
b. Cystic artery
c. Right and left gastric arteries
d. Right and left hepatic arteries
e. Common hepatic artery
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The epiploic foramen (also called the foramen of Winslow) is a passage between the greater sac (peritoneal cavity proper) and the lesser sac (omental bursa), allowing communication between these two spaces.
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It is bounded in front by the free border of the lesser omentum, with the common bile duct, hepatic artery, and portal vein between its two layers; behind by the peritoneum covering the inferior vena cava; a
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The hepatic artery proper, also known as the proper hepatic artery (PHA), is the continuation of the common hepatic artery after it gives off the gastroduodenal artery. Just prior to the porta hepatis it divides into the left and right hepatic arteries.
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The hepatic artery proper runs anteromedial to the portal vein and medial to the common bile duct to form the portal triad within the hepatoduodenal ligament. It terminates by bifurcating into the right and left hepatic arteries before entering the porta hepatis of the liver.
