2022年4月28日 · Omentum cancer starts in the fatty tissue (omentum) that drapes over all the organs in your abdomen. It’s extremely rare to have a tumor that begins in your omentum. But …

2023年9月19日 · Omenta are the fused peritoneal folds that connect the stomach and duodenum with other abdominal organs. There are two omenta, the greater omentum and the lesser …

The greater omentum (also the great omentum, omentum majus, gastrocolic omentum, epiploon, or, especially in non-human animals, caul) is a large apron-like fold of visceral peritoneum that …

The omentum ("policeman of the abdomen") is a double layer of fatty tissue that covers and supports the intestines and organs in the lower abdomen.

The omenta are folds of peritoneum enclosing nerves, blood vessels, lymph channels, and fatty and connective tissue. There are two omenta: the greater omentum hangs down from the …

One of two double folds of PERITONEUM, the greater and lesser omenta, that hang down like aprons from the liver and stomach over the coils of small intestine. The omenta usually contain …

In human anatomy, omentum (Latin for 'apron') refers to a fold of the peritoneum, a thin membrane lining the abdominal cavity and the abdominal organs. The term may refer to two …

2019年7月2日 · The main difference between omentum and mesentery is that omentum is a fatty blanket hanging down in front of all the intestines, whereas mesentery is the supporting tissue …

2007年5月1日 · The omenta serve both as boundaries for disease processes and as conduits for disease spread. The omenta are frequently involved by infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, …

The meaning of OMENTUM is a fold of peritoneum connecting or supporting abdominal structures (such as the stomach and liver); also : a fold of peritoneum free at one end.