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Descriptor English: Omentum
Descriptor Spanish: Epiplón
Descriptor epiplón
Entry term(s) omento
Scope note: Pliegue de doble capa del peritoneo que une el ESTÓMAGO con otros órganos de la CAVIDAD ABDOMINAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Omento
Descriptor French: Omentum
Entry term(s): Omentums
Tree number(s): A01.923.047.025.600.573
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009852
Scope note: A double-layered fold of peritoneum that attaches the STOMACH to other organs in the ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
Annotation: dis: coord IM with PERITONEAL DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10037
Unique ID: D009852
NLM Classification: WI 575
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Omentum - Preferred
Concept UI M0015292
Scope note A double-layered fold of peritoneum that attaches the STOMACH to other organs in the ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
Preferred term Omentum
Entry term(s) Omentums



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