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Omentum

noun
(pl. omenta)
1.
A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera.



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gastrocolic omentum
greater omentum
lesser omentum


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"Omentum" Quotes from Famous Books



... and on either side of it as far outwards as the lower asternal ribs, K L, thus ranging the abdominal parietes transversely, percussion discovers the transverse colon, O, P, O*. The small intestines, S S*, covered by the omentum, P*, occupy the hypogastric and ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise
... the scrosa above the omentum: the appendix surrounded by adhesions embedded in fecal pus? gangrenous toward its terminal portion, and showing perforation; fecal calculus in the pus; appendix ...
— Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygenic and Dietetic Treatment • John H. Tilden, M.D.


Words linked to "Omentum" :   caul, peritoneum


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