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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:greater omentum
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Definition:The greater omentum (also the great omentum, omentum majus, gastrocolic omentum, epiploön, or, especially in animals, caul) is a large fold of peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach, and extends from the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall after associating with the transverse colon.
Synonyms:related_synonym: caul;   epiploic;   epiplooen;   epiploon;   epiploön;   gastrocolic omentum;   great omentum;   omentectomy;   omentum majus
 xref: CALOHA:TS-2073;   EHDAA2:0000720;   EHDAA:6071;   EMAPA:18660;   EV:0100085;   FMA:9580;   MA:0003128;   NCI:C32697;   SCTID:362711003;   UMLS:C0230259;   VHOG:0000356;   Wikipedia:Greater_omentum



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          mesoderm-derived structure 0
            omentum 0
              greater omentum 0
                gastro-splenic ligament 0
                gastrocolic ligament 0
                gastrophrenic ligament 0
                greater omentum mesothelium 0
                lieno-renal ligament 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  epiblast (generic) 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        mesoderm 0
                          mesoderm-derived structure 0
                            serous membrane 0
                              mesentery 0
                                gut mesentery 0
                                  dorsal mesentery 0
                                    dorsal mesogastrium 0
                                      greater omentum 0
                                        gastro-splenic ligament 0
                                        gastrocolic ligament 0
                                        gastrophrenic ligament 0
                                        greater omentum mesothelium 0
                                        lieno-renal ligament 0
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