Curvatures of the stomach to its anterior portion are attached the two layers of the greater omentum, separated from each other by the gastroepiploic vessels. There are three arteries which primarily supply the greater curvature: and the gastroepiploic vessels: The lesser curvature of the stomach, extending between the cardiac and pyloric orifices, forms the right or medial border of the stomach. It descends as a continuation of the right margin of the esophagus in front of the fibers of the right crus of the diaphragm, and then, turning to the right, it crosses the first lumbar vertebra and ends at the pylorus. Nearer its
Curvatures of the stomach Curvatures of the stomach The curvatures of the stomach refer to the greater and lesser curvatures. The greater curvature of the stomach is four or five times as long as the lesser curvature. Starting from the cardiac orifice at the incisura cardiaca, it forms an arch backward, upward, and to the left; the highest point of the convexity is on a level with the sixth left costal cartilage. From this level it may be followed downward and forward, with a slight convexity to the left as low as the cartilage of the ninth rib; it then turns to the right,