Definition of Bursa omentalis

1. Noun. An isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach.


Medical Definition of Bursa omentalis

1. An isolated portion of the peritoneal cavity lying dorsal to the stomach and extending craniad to the liver and diaphragm and caudad into the greater omentum; it opens into the general peritoneal cavity at the epiploic foramen. Synonym: bursa omentalis, lesser peritoneal cavity, lesser peritoneal sac, omental sac. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bursa Omentalis

bursa of acromion
bursa of extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle
bursa of gastrocnemius
bursa of great toe
bursa of hyoid
bursa of latissimus dorsi
bursa of obturator internus
bursa of olecranon
bursa of popliteus
bursa of semimembranosus
bursa of tendo calcaneus
bursa of tensor veli palatini muscle
bursa of teres major
bursa of the piriformis muscle
bursa of trapezius
bursa omentalis (current term)
bursa ovarica
bursa pharyngea
bursa quadrati femoris
bursa retrohyoidea
bursa subacromialis
bursa subcutanea acromialis
bursa subcutanea calcanea
bursa subcutanea infrapatellaris
bursa subcutanea malleoli lateralis
bursa subcutanea malleoli medialis
bursa subcutanea olecrani
bursa subcutanea prepatellaris
bursa subcutanea prominentiae laryngeae
bursa subcutanea trochanterica

Literary usage of Bursa omentalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Atlas and textbook of topographic and applied anatomy by Oskar Max Sigismund Schultze, George David Stewart (1905)
"As a rule, the bursa omentalis docs not extend into the great omentum in adult ... After the disappearance of the lumen of the bursa omentalis the anterior ..."

2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"The terms bursa omentalis majoris et minoris should be dropped or changed unless they refer to different ... The bursa omentalis majoris should be termed ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Further changes take placo in the bursa omentalis and in the common mesentery, ... The bursa omentalis, which at first reaches only as far as the greater ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Further changes take place in the bursa omentalis and in the ... The bursa omentalis, which at first reaches only as far as the greater curvature of the ..."

5. Therapeutic Gazette (1905)
"Blood pours out from the walls of the stomach and collects in the abdomen and bursa omentalis. The colon and spleen participate in the altered anatomical ..."

6. Text-book of the embryology of man and mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1905)
"In this way there is formed a cavity (bursa omentalis, fig. ... The bursa omentalis (fig. 166 **) moreover acquires a still greater extension from the fact ..."

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