The right triangular ligament extends from the bare area toward which structure?

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The right triangular ligament is a peritoneal fold that anchors the liver to the diaphragm. The bare area of the liver—the portion not covered by peritoneum on its posterior surface—sits in contact with the diaphragm. From this bare area, reflections of peritoneum form the coronary ligament, and at its edge, the right triangular ligament extends toward and attaches to the diaphragm. So the structure it extends toward is the diaphragm. The other structures listed are connected to the liver by different peritoneal ligaments (for example, the stomach via the gastrohepatic ligament), but the right triangular ligament specifically reaches the diaphragm.