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Definition of Lesser omentum
1. Noun. A part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Omentum
Literary usage of Lesser omentum
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 (1901)
"... are: the lesser omentum, the great omentum, and the gastro-splenic omentum.
The lesser omentum ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"The ever-memorable Huschke said, in 1844: " The lesser omentum is the result ...
The master of anatomy, Henle, passes over •the lesser omentum with very few ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The portion of the lesser omentum extending between the liver and stomach ...
Between the two layers of the lesser omentum, close to the right free margin, ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The anterior layer of the lesser omentum has been removed along the upper or ...
Caudate lobe, seen through lesser omentum. 15. Left gastric artery. 16. ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Poirier states: "This ligament is but the prolongation of the lesser omentum
toward the right. It has the form of a trapezoid blade extending from the liver ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1892)
"Endothelioma of the lesser omentum.* By CONOLLY NORMAN, FRCPI ; Medical
Superintendent, Richmond (Dublin District) Asylum. THE following case is of some ..."
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