
Omentum (from Latin, meaning "apron") can refer to two different components of the peritoneum:
- Greater omentum: The greater omentum (also the great omentum, gastrocolic omentum, or epiploön) is a large fold of peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach, and extends from the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall after associating with the transverse colon.
- Lesser omentum: The lesser omentum (small omentum; gastrohepatic omentum) is the double layer of peritoneum that extends from the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach and the start of the duodenum. (Wikipedia)
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