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Objective The purpose of this study was to provide practical anatomic data for the imaging diagnosis and surgical treatment of the disease of the subphrenic spaces. Methods Sectional anatomy of the subphrenic spaces on the coronal plane were investigated on 30 sets of serial coronal sections of superior abdomen of Chinese adult cadavers and MR imaging of 2 abdomen of cadavers. Results Subphrenic spaces were divided into perihepatic spaces and perisplenic spaces on the coronal plane.The space between the anterior margin of left gastropancreatic fold and the posterior layer of hepatogastric ligament is the only direct communication between the superior and inferior recesses of the lesser sac.Its communicating type is divided into three types on the coronal plane.The right layer of the gastrophrenic ligament is continuous with the posterior layer of the lesser omentum,the left layer of the gastrophrenic ligament is continuous with the right layer of the phrenicosplenic ligament and the posterior layer of the gastrosplenic ligament.Left gastropancreatic fold is continued to the left and right layers of gastrophrenic ligament upward.The bare area of stomach is located between the left and right layers of gastrophrenic ligament,its existing rate is 100%.The bare area of spleen is located among phrenicosplenic ligament,gastrosplenic ligament,splenorenal ligament and splenocoloic ligament.Its the most width exists at the splenorenal ligament.It is divided into the part of the splenic hilus and the splenorenal part.Its maximum is 2 64?1 16 cm,4 16?2 24 cm respectively. Conclusion The coronal plane is dominant for showing left gastropancreatic fold and the communication relationship between superior and inferior recesses of the lesser sac.The superior and inferior recesses of the lesser sac that may communicate with each other is 73 3 percent of all the cases studied