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Definition of Greater peritoneal sac
1. Noun. The interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum.
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
Terms within: Bursa Omentalis, Lesser Peritoneal Cavity, Omental Bursa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greater Peritoneal Sac
Literary usage of Greater peritoneal sac
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"We see then that this is a closed sac and the parietal layer is continuous with
the visceral. This is the cavity of the greater peritoneal sac. ..."
2. Practical Anatomy: An Exposition of the Facts of Gross Anatomy from the by John Clement Heisler (1920)
"303, it will be seen that extravasation or hemorrhage from the anterior wall
would take place into the greater peritoneal sac, whereas if the posterior wall ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"... caused by this lesion may give rise to symptoms and signs strongly simulating
those produced by a general infection of the greater peritoneal sac. ..."
4. Diseases of the Stomach, Intestines, and Pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1917)
"The posterior layer passes downward and backward along the inferior surface to
form the greater peritoneal sac. At the neck and on the head anteriorly the ..."
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