the lesser omentum is the membrane that connects the stomach with the liver.
the lesser omentum is the membrane that connects the stomach with the liver.
name the membrane that connects the stomach with the liver?
the lesser omentum
the lesser omentum is formed, by a thinning of the mesoderm or ventral mesogastrium, which attaches the stomach and duodenum to the anterior abdominal wall. by the subsequent growth of the liver this leaf of mesoderm is divided into two parts – the lesser omentum between the stomach and liver, and the falciform and coronary ligaments between the liver and the abdominal wall and diaphragm.









































in the adult, the ventral mesentery is the part of the peritoneum closest to the navel.









































section::::clinical significance.
mesentery
now what we have received as being the way to surgically remove all fatty tissue [is as follows]: after undressing the animal, they tear away the outer ruminant stomach from the hind legs unto the chest-wall cavity, and they take out the inner stomach, and remove, in its entirety, the blanket-like covering [of suet] which is spread out over it. and they take special precautions over the thin [layer of] suet which is connected to the large intestines, which is at the end of [that place called], the "coils of the ileum" (heb. "hadar hakanoh"), near the place where he excretes excrement, [and] which, on the one side, the "suet of the innards" is attached, while on the other side, the fat of the "kanoh" (ileum). that suet which lies next to it is the suet of the small intestines, which is prohibited according to the "geonim", of blessed memory. they take precaution, likewise, over that side which clings somewhat unto the ileum (heb. "senei dhebei" = "hatred of wolves"), surgically removing all of it thoroughly. they also take precaution to remove all of the suet that is found upon the abomasum (heb. "kevah") externally, which is known as the "ḥūmṣā", until nothing remains of it. moreover, they take away the suet which is inside the abomasum, from within, which distinctively adheres itself to the abomasum. yet, that which is not spread out like a blanket is that which is permitted, it being that which is ritually clean, and it is called "bar ḥūmṣā". now that which is spread over the omasum (heb. "messos") [and the reticulum] like a blanket is forbidden, which is an even layer of fat covered with a membrane and easily peeled, and which happens to be included among the "suet which lies upon the innards." now they scrape away [all suet] from the intestine which comes out of the abomasum (the fourth ruminant stomach) for the space of about a cubit (ca. 54 cm.), it also being the suet of the small intestines which is prohibited according to [maimonides], (nachmanides) and rabbi yitzhak alfasi, seeing that it is a close neighbour to the suet which lies upon the innards. afterwards, they take out all of the entrails (intestines), and the inner ruminant stomach (heb. "kores"), as well as the liver, aside from the mesentery (heb. "ḥalūḥelet"), for he still needs to clean it from the suet which is upon it. afterwards, they peel away all of that lining membrane which is upon the flanks, which is forbidden on account of suet. they are scrupulous about its removal that nothing remains of it. the beginning of its place is from where there is the white [tissue] which is in the centre of the diaphragm (heb. "tarfash") [which divides the digestive organs from the respiratory organs], extending downwards unto the thighs [of the hind legs and] running width-wise along all the flanks, unto the spinal column (vertebrae). they remove it (i.e. the lining membrane) with the suet that lies upon it which is situate at the end of the thighs and which lies upon that flesh which is beneath the loins, which is called ""lonbel"" in the foreign, [french] language and "mutemaziqah" in arabic. now this suet is categorically included among the suet which lies upon the flanks.
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