Category:Omentum

O*men"tum, n.; pl. Omenta. Etym: [l.] (anat.)

Defn: a free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect Viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploön.

Note: the great, or gastrocolic, omentum forms, in most mammals, a Great sac, which is attached to the stomach and transverse colon, is Loaded with fat, and covers more or less of the intestines; the caul. The lesser, or gastrohepatic, omentum connects the stomach and liver And contains the hepatic vessels. The gastrosplenic omentum, or Ligament, connects the stomach and spleen.