lesser omentum
Americannoun
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The lesser omentum tethers the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach.
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These two vessels, along with the common hepatic duct, run behind the lateral border of the lesser omentum on the way to their destinations.
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The stomach is held in place by the lesser omentum, which extends from the liver to the lesser curvature, and the greater omentum, which runs from the greater curvature to the posterior abdominal wall.
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Into the ventral mesentery the liver grows as diverticula from the duodenum, so that some of the mesentery remains as the falciform ligament of the liver and some as the lesser omentum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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