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Definition of Gastrocolic omentum
1. Noun. Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
Medical Definition of Gastrocolic omentum
1. A peritoneal fold passing from the greater curvature of the stomach to the transverse colon, hanging like an apron in front of the intestines. Synonym: omentum majus, caul, cowl, epiploon, gastrocolic omentum, pileus, velum. Lesser omentum, a peritoneal fold passing from the margins of the porta hepatis and the bottom of the fissure of the ductus venosus to the lesser curvature of the stomach and to the the upper border of the duodenum for a distance of about 2 cm beyond the gastroduodenal pylorus. Synonym: omentum minus, gastrohepatic omentum, omentulum. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastrocolic Omentum
Literary usage of Gastrocolic omentum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technic of Operations Upon the Intestines and Stomach by Alfred Henry Gould (1906)
"fingers behind the pylorus separate the gastrocolic omentum from the ...
The gastrocolic omentum is next resected in sections from right to left for the ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"In the inferior method the gastrocolic omentum is incised, and the method of
procedure is reversed, the left hand being used to push the stomach downward, ..."
3. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Stanley P. L. Leong (1922)
"A tag of gastrocolic omentum is brought up over the line of sutures and fastened
with ... The object of fastening this gastrocolic omentum in position is to ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"The transverse colon was fully six inches from the greater curvature, the
gastrocolic omentum having been greatly stretched. ..."
5. Abdominal operations by Berkeley Moynihan Moynihan (1905)
"When all these vessels have been ligated, the gastrohepatic omentum and the
gastrocolic omentum are divided. The gastrohepatic omentum is tied off, ..."
6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"(i) Through the gastrohepatic omentum above the stomach; (a) Through the gastrocolic
omentum below the stomach; from the loin behind the peritoneum, ..."
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