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Omental foramen
Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the upper part of the abdomen.
Entry to omental bursa (black arrow) by omental foramen (white mark)
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Latin
foramen omentale
TA98
A10.1.02.403
TA2
3704
FMA
14711
Anatomical terminology
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In human anatomy, the omental foramen (epiploic foramen, foramen of Winslow after the anatomist Jacob B. Winslow, or uncommonly aditus; Latin: Foramen epiploicum) is the passage of communication, or foramen, between the greater sac (general cavity (of the abdomen)), and the lesser sac.
anatomy, the omentalforamen (epiploic foramen, foramen of Winslow after the anatomist Jacob B. Winslow, or uncommonly aditus; Latin: Foramen epiploicum)...
foramen, the hole created by the ischium and pubis bones of the pelvis Omentalforamen, the connecting opening between the greater sac and the lesser sac...
found in mammals, it is connected with the greater sac via the omentalforamen or Foramen of Winslow. In mammals, it is common for the lesser sac to contain...
There are two main regions of the peritoneal cavity, connected by the omentalforamen. The greater sac, represented in red in the diagrams above. The lesser...
connected with the lesser sac via the omentalforamen, also known as the foramen of Winslow or epiploic foramen, which is anteriorly bounded by the portal...
form a free margin which constitutes the anterior boundary of the omentalforamen. Anatomically, the lesser omentum is divided into ligaments, each starting...
and splenic flexures and that each confluence involves peritoneal and omental attachments. The proximal rectum was shown to originate at the confluence...
the Douglas Pouch located?" The epiploic foramen, greater sac or general cavity (red) and lesser sac, or omental bursa (blue). Illu female pelvis Dolichodouglas...
sac is located behind the stomach and joins into the greater sac via the foramen of Winslow. Some of the organs are attached to the walls of the abdomen...
representing a rare variation in the anatomy of the lesser sac and its foramen. Another variation sometimes present at the duodenal termination of the...
enters the right margin of the lesser omentum. It is anterior to the omentalforamen and posterior to both the bile duct, which is slightly to the right...
between the hepatic portal vein and the inferior vena cava across the omentalforamen (of Winslow). This spares the portal venous system from high pressure...
Laryngeal aditus, the opening that connects the pharynx and the larynx Omentalforamen or aditus, in the abdomen This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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