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omentum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Omentum (Latin for 'apron') is a
medical term
referring to
layers of
peritoneum that
surround abdominal...
- The
greater omentum (also the
great omentum,
omentum majus,
gastrocolic omentum, epiploon, or,
especially in non-human animals, caul) is a
large apron-like...
- The
lesser omentum (small
omentum or
gastrohepatic omentum) is the
double layer of
peritoneum that
extends from the
liver to the
lesser curvature of the...
-
abdominal cavity and lies
behind the
transverse colon and the
greater omentum. The
mesentery becomes attached to the
colon at the
gastrointestinal margin...
- "omenta": The
lesser omentum (or hepatogastric) is
attached to the
lesser curvature of the
stomach and the liver. The
greater omentum (or gastrocolic) hangs...
- It has the
following borders: anterior: the free
border of the
lesser omentum,
known as the
hepatoduodenal ligament. This has two
layers and
within these...
-
traditional sausage that
originated in Cyprus. It is made from caul fat, or
omentum, the
membrane that
surrounds the
stomach of pig or lamb, to wrap the ingredients...
- The
hepatoduodenal ligament is the
portion of the
lesser omentum extending between the
porta hepatis of the
liver and the
superior part of the duodenum...
- cake is a
radiologic sign
indicative of an
abnormally thickened greater omentum. It
refers to
infiltration of the
normal omental structure by
other types...
- is an
acute vascular disorder which compromises tissue of the
greater omentum—the
largest peritoneal fold in the abdomen.
Patients will
present with...
