| 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) |
| anal orifice | <anatomy> The distal or terminal orifice of the alimentary canal. (18 Nov 1997) |
| aortic orifice | The opening from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta; it is guarded by the aortic valve. Synonym: ostium aortae, aortic ostium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac orifice | The trumpet-shaped opening of the oesophagus into the stomach. Synonym: ostium cardiacum, cardiac opening, oesophagogastric orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal orifice | The narrowest portion of the canal, in the floor of the vestibule posterior to the urethral orifice. Synonym: ostium vaginae, orificium vaginae, vaginal opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastroduodenal orifice | The opening between the stomach and the superior part of the duodenum. Synonym: ostium pyloricum, gastroduodenal orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| golf-hole ureteral orifice | A retracted funnel-shaped condition of the ureteral orifice in the wall of the bladder, due often to tuberculosis or a secondary sclerosis of the ureter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| root canal orifice | An opening in the pulp chamber leading to the root canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitral orifice | An atrioventricular opening which leads from the left atrium into the left ventricle of the heart. Synonym: ostium atrioventriculare sinistrum, ostium arteriosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary orifice | The opening of the pulmonary trunk from the right ventricle, guarded by the pulmonary valve. Synonym: ostium trunci pulmonalis, pulmonary orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |