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Descriptor English: Peritoneal Cavity
Descriptor Spanish: Cavidad Peritoneal
Descriptor cavidad peritoneal
Entry term(s) bolsa epiploica
cavidad peritoneal mayor
cavidad peritoneal menor
transcavidad de los epiplones
Scope note: Espacio encerrado por el peritoneo. Se divide en dos porciones, la cavidad peritoneal mayor y la cavidad peritoneal menor o bolsa epiploica (omental), la cual está detrás del ESTÓMAGO. Las dos cavidades o sacos se comunican mediante el hiato de Winslow o agujero epiploico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cavidade Peritoneal
Descriptor French: Cavité péritonéale
Entry term(s): Bursa, Omental
Cavity, Peritoneal
Greater Sac
Lesser Sac
Omental Bursa
Sac, Greater
Sac, Lesser
Tree number(s): A01.923.047.025.600.678
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010529
Scope note: The space enclosed by the peritoneum. It is divided into two portions, the greater sac and the lesser sac or omental bursa, which lies behind the STOMACH. The two sacs are connected by the foramen of Winslow, or epiploic foramen.
Annotation: "peritoneal cells" = probably PERITONEAL CAVITY /cytol or ASCITIC FLUID /pathol if pertinent; note PERITONEAL FLUID see ASCITIC FLUID; /inj is probably PERITONEUM /inj
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CY cytology
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
GD growth & development
IN injuries
IR innervation
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
VI virology
Related: Ascitic Fluid MeSH
Laparoscopy MeSH
DeCS ID: 10719
Unique ID: D010529
NLM Classification: WI 575
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Peritoneal Cavity - Preferred
Concept UI M0016357
Scope note The space enclosed by the peritoneum. It is divided into two portions, the greater sac and the lesser sac or omental bursa, which lies behind the STOMACH. The two sacs are connected by the foramen of Winslow, or epiploic foramen.
Preferred term Peritoneal Cavity
Entry term(s) Cavity, Peritoneal
Lesser Sac - Narrower
Concept UI M0406476
Preferred term Lesser Sac
Entry term(s) Bursa, Omental
Omental Bursa
Sac, Lesser
Greater Sac - Narrower
Concept UI M0406477
Preferred term Greater Sac
Entry term(s) Sac, Greater



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