omental appendices

omental appendices

[TA]

one of a number of little processes or sacs of peritoneum filled with adipose tissue and projecting from the serous coat of the large intestine, except the rectum; they are most evident on the transverse and sigmoid colon, being most numerous along the free tenia.

Synonym(s): appendices omentales [TA], appendices adiposae coli ☆ , fatty appendices of colon ☆ , appendix epiploica, epiploic appendage, epiploic appendix, epiploic tags

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o·men·tal ap·pen·di·ces

(ō-men'tăl ă-pen'di-sēz) [TA]

One of a number of small processes or sacs of peritoneum filled with adipose tissue and projecting from the serous coat of the large intestine, except the rectum; they are most evident on the transverse and sigmoid colon, being most numerous along the free tenia.
Synonym(s): appendices omentales [TA] .

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