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The greater omentum, although lacking muscular tissue, moves to sites of infection within the peritoneum to reduce spread and prevent extensive peritonitis.
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c
The position of the greater omentum is fixed
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The posterior mesentery suspends the alimentary canal from the peritoneum. Both structures are derived from peritoneal folds, the mesentery from 2 layers and the greater omentum from 4.
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d
The greater omentum suspends the alimentary canal from the peritoneum
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The greater omentum is supplied by the left and right epiploic arteries, arising from the anastomotic right and left gastro-epiploic arteries, each derived from branches of the coeliac trunk.
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b
The greater omentum is avascular
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One function of the greater omentum is the storage of visceral fat, which can be mobilised in catabolic states and deposited during caloric excess. This fat contributes more significantly to the development of metabolic syndrome and its complications than subcutaneous fat.

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e
The greater omentum has no metabolic function
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The greater omentum is formed embryonically from 4 layers of peritoneum folded inferiorly from the bilayer between the greater curve of the stomach and the transverse colon.
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a
The greater omentum is a peritoneal structure
Concept
Chapter
2693
3870
Abdominal anatomy
Topic
135
General surgery
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Which of these statements about the greater omentum is true?
a