Definition of Gastrocolic omentum

1. Noun. Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.

Exact synonyms: Caul, Greater Omentum
Generic synonyms: Omentum

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

gastroblennorrhoea
gastroc
gastrocamera
gastrocameras
gastrocardiac
gastrocardiac syndrome
gastrocele
gastroceles
gastrochronorrhoea
gastrocnemii
gastrocnemius
gastrocnemius muscle
gastrocolic
gastrocolic fistula
gastrocolic ligament
gastrocolic omentum (current term)
gastrocolic reflex
gastrocolitis
gastrocoloptosis
gastrocolostomy
gastrocs
gastrocutaneous fistula
gastrocystoplasty
gastrodialysis
gastrodiaphragmatic ligament
gastrodisc
gastrodome
gastrodomes
gastroduodenal
gastroduodenal artery

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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