greater omentum

In the fat of the greater omentum he found what he had not wanted to find.

The greater omentum can often be found wrapped around areas of infection and trauma.

First, is the greater omentum that hangs off of the small intestine.

The greater omentum is often defined to encompass a variety of structures.

The greater omentum is the largest peritoneal fold.

The greater omentum hangs down from the greater curvature.

The right and left gastroepiploic vessels provide the sole blood supply to the greater omentum.

The functions of the greater omentum are:

In the region of the stomach, it forms the dorsal mesogastrium or greater omentum.

The phrenicolienal ligament is part of greater omentum.

The transverse colon hangs off the stomach, attached to it by a wide band of tissue called the greater omentum.

The lesser sac is embryologically formed from an infolding of the greater omentum.

The dorsal mesogastrium develops into the greater omentum.

Gastroepiploic artery is the name of two different arteries serving the stomach and greater omentum:

The splenorenal ligament (from the left kidney to the spleen) is occasionally considered part of the greater omentum.

In radiology, omental cake is sign indicative of an abnormally thickened greater omentum.

During subsequent laparotomy all tumours in the greater omentum and one gallstone were removed from the abdominal cavity.

The greater omentum develops from the dorsal mesentery that connects the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall.

Omentopexy is a surgical procedure whereby the greater omentum is sutured to a nearby organ.

Gastrocolic ligament - to transverse colon (occasionally on its own considered synonymous with "greater omentum")

"omental branches": descend to supply the greater omentum and anastomose with branches of the middle colic.

The greater omentum is usually thin, presents a cribriform appearance, and always contains some adipose tissue, which in obese people accumulates in considerable quantity.

The lesser sac, also known as the omental bursa, is the cavity in the abdomen that is formed by the lesser and greater omentum.

The greater omentum covered the anterior stomach surface and intestines like a drape, Rourke stopping, noting a hematoma at the mesenteric attachment.

The left border of the greater omentum is continuous with the gastrolienal ligament; its right border extends as far as the commencement of the duodenum.