(n.) A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although there was a considerable overlap in the values of acoustic nonlinearity of different body fats, in general their values followed the order: mesenteric fat greater than subcutaneous fat greater than omentum fat greater than breast fat.
(2) Also numerous small knots on the small intestine, peritoneum, and omentum, as well as a considerable amount of ascites were observed.
(3) certainly in site at the beginning of pregnancy and with asymptomatic perforation of the uterus during the pregnancy with incorporation of the device by the omentum.
(4) The omentum acts as sheath that reinforces the anastomosis.
(5) Endolymphatic administration of kanamycin provided an increase in its activity in the inflamed tissues of the peritoneum and omentum and markedly prolonged its halflife as compared to those after the routine intramuscular administration of the drug.
(6) Omentum transposition promoted rapid healing with a low mortality rate.
(7) Splenic conservation by suture with or without packing with omentum or oxidized cellulose was successful in 27 out of 37 attempts.
(8) When 15 small sections were transplanted to the omentum in a "necklace" fashion, good uptake and preservation were seen after six months.
(9) This complication may be prevented by interposing the omentum between the liver and the duodenum at the time of any operation on the biliary system and the duodenum.
(10) The results of treatment of 12 children with primary acute diseases of the greater omentum, in whom preoperative diagnosis is difficult, have been analysed.
(11) The IUD had migrated to the cul-desac of Douglas and the omentum, respectively, and surgery was uneventful.
(12) Therefore the omentum leads the traffic of peritoneal macrophages.
(13) The autografts were divided into 4 groups as follows; no preservation (control) group (n = 4), graft preserved in Collins solution (n = 11), graft preserved in phosphate buffered extracellular solution (Ep4) (n = 11), and graft preserved in physiological saline solution (n = 11) for 24 or 48 hours at 4 degrees C. After preservation, laparotomy was performed on the animals and the tracheal autograft was wrapped in the distal portion of the omentum.
(14) The effectiveness of extracts was measured by the growth activity of bovine aortic endothelial cell incubated for 6 days with various omentum extracts.
(15) Since 1984, eight pelvic ependymomas have been reported that have originated in the ovary, broad ligament, mesovarium, and omentum.
(16) This problem is inherent to the design of catheters using sideports for outflow and is enhanced by the tenacity of the omentum in this population in walling off foreign bodies.
(17) Computed tomography demonstrated prominent linear soft tissue densities, an increase in CT number of the involved greater omentum, and posterior displacement of the small bowel.
(18) In former investigations the author described the use of omentum majus in building microsurgical compound island flaps employing supporting tissue.
(19) Fischer 344 rats and a transplantable carcinogen-induced rat colon cancer were used to test: (1) whether the omentum is a unique site of intra-abdominal colon tumor implantation which contributes to S.B.O.
(20) In five dogs (group C) the omentum with its own vascular supply was completely wrapped around the graft.
Viscera
Definition:
(n.) pl. of Viscus.
(pl. ) of Viscus
Example Sentences:
(1) In the viscera, mechanoreception provides sensory feedback on organ volume and pressure.
(2) Viscera and peritoneal surfaces were anatomically isolated and exposed to light for intervals calculated to deliver the prescribed energy.
(3) This form of KS (epidemic or AIDS-KS) is aggressive and often results in dissemination and invasion of lymph nodes and viscera.
(4) Postmortem examination revealed cerebral edema and fatty degeneration of the viscera.
(5) A survey of gastrointestinal nematodes in Georgia cattle was conducted from 1968 through 1973 from actual worm counts from viscera of 145 slaughtered beef cattle or from egg counts made from fecal samples from 3,273 beef and 100 dairy cattle.
(6) Gross and microscopic pathology in the treated mice included: acute active hyperemia of the viscera, multifocal areas of necrosis of the musculature of the intestinal wall and diaphragm and the presence of cytoplasmic vacuoles in the peripheral margins of the acinar portion of the pancreas.
(7) The single space thus created allows the wide implantation of a subperitoneal Mersilene prosthesis which is isolated from the viscera as well as from the skin.
(8) The patient died at the age of 25 years and histopathological examinations of the vessels demonstrated obstructive atheromatous lesions in the medium sized and small arteries of the brain and viscera.
(9) This distribution of neurones with predominantly vasoconstrictor functions differs markedly from that observed after labelling preganglionic fibres that project in the hypogastric nerve to the pelvic viscera.
(10) Certain features in the operative technique are emphasized which should prevent many of these complications.Intraoperative complications during the groin hernia repair are primarily hemorrhage and injury to the vas deferens, the three nerves in the area, the vascular supply of the testis, and the abdominal and pelvic viscera.
(11) Viscera (48.3 kg) from moray eels (Lycodontis javanicus) collected in a ciguatera endemic area were extracted and the ciguatoxins characterized.
(12) Hatched chicks were small and had pale feathers, skin, skeletal muscles, bone marrow, and viscera.
(13) Subdural hematomas and bursting of abdominal viscera represent acute threats to the child's life.
(14) Foam cells in viscera and placenta demonstrated widespread accumulation of a lipidlike material.
(15) The technique avoids the severe and sometimes fatal preliminary complications resulting from sudden increase in abdominal pressure and diaphragmatic elevation that accompany replacement of abdominal viscera that have lost their "right of domain" with large hernias or abdominal wall defects.
(16) For both anesthetic drugs, despite adequate analgesia for laparotomy, response to manipulation of abdominal viscera was observed in 12 goats.
(17) Also, it can be used in patients suffering from cancer of the pancreas and upper abdominal viscera.
(18) In the former tests changes in cardiac output and blood redistribution between leg and viscera circulations were more distinct.
(19) Finally, the third step consists of the harvesting of the abdominal viscera.
(20) Inflammatory and dengerative changes in the central nervous system and viscera of mice were detected throughout the observation period starting from the 7th day postinoculation.