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Definition of Epiploic

Epiploic
Epiploic Ep`i*plo"ic, a. Relating to the epiplo["o]n.

Meaning of Epiploic from wikipedia

- down from the liver to the lesser curvature. The common anatomical term "epiploic" derives from "epiploon", from the Gr**** epipleein, meaning to float or...
- Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is an uncommon, benign, self-limiting inflammatory process of the epiploic appendices. Other, older terms for the process include...
- The epiploic appendices (or appendices epiploicae, or epiploic appendages, or appendix epiploica, or omental appendices) are small pouches of the peritoneum...
- In human anatomy, the omental foramen (epiploic foramen, foramen of Winslow after the anatomist Jacob B. Winslow, or uncommonly aditus; Latin: Foramen...
- paracolic gutter is continuous with the right and left subhepatic spaces. The epiploic foramen allows communication between the greater sac and the lesser sac...
- lesser sac via the omental foramen, also known as the foramen of Winslow or epiploic foramen, which is anteriorly bounded by the portal triadportal vein...
- Omental bursa Terms for anatomical location Greater sac Omental foramen (Epiploic foramen, Foramen of Winslow) Lesser omentum Greater omentum Peritoneum...
- epididymis Appendix testis, a vestigial remnant of the Müllerian duct Epiploic appendix, one of several small pouches of fat on the peritoneum along the...
- and include: Right gastro-omental vein (also known as the right gastro-epiploic vein) inferior pancreaticoduodenal veins veins from jejunum veins from...
- character works is "where in the human body is the Douglas Pouch located?" The epiploic foramen, greater sac or general cavity (red) and lesser sac, or omental...