Which recesses or spaces with the lesser sac (omental bursa) are directly continuous?

Hepatorenal recess -(moore and dalley, p 290.) the omental (epiploic) foramen connects the lesser sac with the hepatorenal (subhepatic) recess of the greater sac (see moore and dalley, p 290 for an excellent picture of this relationship). the hepatorenal recess then communicates with the right subphrenic recess and right paracolic gutter. the subhepatic recess is perhaps the most frequently infected intra-abdominal space as a result of appendicitis, liver abscess, perforated duodenal and gastric ulcers, or perforation of the biliary tree. the infracolic compartment is (answer a) part of the greater omentum. the left colic gutter (answer b) is further inferior and left. the left subphrenic recess (answer c) and right subphrenic space (answer d) are further cranial on top of the liver.