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...

The term may refer to: Greater omentum Lesser omentum This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Omentum. If an internal link led...

the abdominal cavity and lies behind the transverse colon and the greater omentum. The mesentery becomes attached to the colon at the gastrointestinal...

the greater omentum and transverse mesocolon. Omental bursa (Lesser sac) Omental foramen (Epiploic foramen, Foramen of Winslow) Lesser omentum Greater omentum...

torsion, is an acute vascular disorder which compromises tissue of the greater omentum—the largest peritoneal fold in the abdomen. Patients will present with...

cavity that is formed by the lesser and greater omentum. Usually found in mammals, it is connected with the greater sac via the omental foramen or Foramen...

"omenta": The lesser omentum (or hepatogastric) is attached to the lesser curvature of the stomach and the liver. The greater omentum (or gastrocolic) hangs...

ligamentum gastrosplenicum or gastrolienal ligament) is part of the greater omentum extending between the stomach and the spleen. It contains several blood...

the greater sac (general cavity (of the abdomen)), and the lesser sac. It has the following borders: anterior: the free border of the lesser omentum, known...

Omental cake is a radiologic sign indicative of an abnormally thickened greater omentum. It refers to infiltration of the normal omental structure by other...

a finger's breadth or more from the greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater omentum, and anastomoses with the right gastroepiploic...

First, is the greater omentum that hangs off of the transverse colon and greater curvature of the stomach. The other is the lesser omentum that extends...

seven in number, lie between the two layers of the greater omentum along the pyloric half of the greater curvature of the stomach. This article incorporates...

It runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater omentum, anastomosing with the left gastroepiploic...

The gastrocolic ligament is a portion of the greater omentum that stretches from the greater curvature of the stomach to the transverse colon. It forms...

of some animals, such as cows, sheep, and pigs, also known as the greater omentum. It is used as a casing for sausages, roulades, pâtés, and various...

the walls of the stomach or intestines, the pancreatic tail, the greater omentum, the mesentery, the renal fossa, or the gonads and their path of descent...

anterosuperior surface of transverse colon where layers three and four of the greater omentum meet the transverse colon. This change in position is due to the twist...

greater sac, and a space posterior to the stomach called the lesser sac. After this rotation the dorsal mesentery thins and forms the greater omentum...

navel to bulge outwards—the bulge consisting of abdominal fat from the greater omentum or occasionally parts of the small intestine. The bulge can often be...

surgical anastomosis. The gastrocolic ligament of the greater omentum is incised at the middle of the greater curvature of the stomach, which opens the lesser...

mesothelial cells may be found at areas of injury, the milky spots of the omentum, and the peritoneal side of the diaphragm overlaying the lymphatic lacunae...

a lower infracolic compartment. The liver, spleen, stomach, and lesser omentum are contained within the supracolic compartment. The small intestine surrounded...

ligament, while its anterior portion is attached to the two layers of the greater omentum, separated from each other by the gastroepiploic vessels. The lesser...

large double fold of visceral peritoneum called the greater omentum hangs down from the greater curvature of the stomach. Two sphincters keep the contents...

ligament Round ligament of liver Ligamentum venosum From dorsal mesentery Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament...

the greater curvature of the stomach between the two layers of the greater omentum, along with the right gastroepiploic artery. As a tributary of the...

ligament Round ligament of liver Ligamentum venosum From dorsal mesentery Greater omentum Gastrophrenic ligament Gastrocolic ligament Gastrosplenic ligament...

Other sources define the pelvic cavity as the larger space including the greater pelvis, just above the pelvic inlet. The lesser pelvis is bounded in front...