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‖ omentum Anat.|əʊˈmɛntəm|
Pl. -a. Also 6 in anglicized form oment.
[L. ōmentum.]
A fold or duplication of the peritoneum connecting the stomach with certain of the other viscera, as the liver, spleen, and colon; the caul.
Three divisions of the omentum are commonly recognized: the gastro-colic omentum or greater omentum descending over a part of the intestines from the lower border of the stomach to the transverse colon; the gastro-hepatic omentum, hepato-gastric omentum, or lesser omentum extending from the liver to the smaller curvature of the stomach; the gastro-splenic omentum connecting the cardiac end of the stomach with the spleen.
[1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde H hh j, The kell called Omentum in laten.] 1547Boorde Brev. Health ccciv. 99 b, The oment or Siphac which is a pellicle the whiche doth compasse and doth bere up the guttes. 1682T. Gibson Anat. 25 The Omentum aboundeth with vessels of several sorts. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 105 Wounds of the omentum are of the mortal kind..the effused blood, falling into the cavity of the abdomen, will kill the patient. 1845Budd Dis. Liver 16 The glands in the right border of the lesser omentum. 1873Mivart Elem. Anat. xi. 458 A great, free, apron-like flap of the peritoneum called the great omentum, hangs down loosely in front of the bowels. |