| epiploic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| epiploic appendage | A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| epiploic appendix | A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| epiploic branches | Branches to the greater omentum; epiploic branches arise from the left and right gastroepiploic arteries (rami omentales arteriae gastro-omentalis sinistrae et dextrae ) opposite the gastric branches (rami gastrici ) along the greater curvature of the stomach. Synonym: rami omentales, omental branches, rami epiploicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epiploic foramen | The passage, below and behind the portal hepatis, connecting the two sacs of the peritoneum; it is bounded anteriorly by the hepatoduodenal ligament and posteriorly by a peritoneal fold over the inferior vena cava. Synonym: foramen omentale, foramen epiploicum, aditus ad saccum peritonei minorem, Duverney's foramen, Winslow's foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epiploic tags | A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon. (12 Dec 1998) |