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
Stomach rumble of but not actually within the stomach). The lack of bowel sounds is indicative of ileus, intestinal obstruction, or some other serious pathology. The scientific name borborygmus is related to the 16th-century French word "borborygme", itself from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός ("borborygmós"). The Greeks probably onomatopoetically coined the word. Other causes of stomach rumbles: The word borborygmic has been used in literature to describe noisy plumbing. In "", Vladimir Nabokov wrote: "All the toilets and waterpipes in the house had been suddenly seized with borborygmic convulsions". In "A Long Way Down" (New York: Harper, 1959, p. 54), Elizabeth