Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1519/en

These statements have given rise, to the present day, to the doubt in practice: does it depend primarily on the peritoneum, or specifically on the mesentery, which constitutes a part of the peritoneum? If the former is the case, then for the preparation the greater omentum (Omentum majus) offers itself far more readily and simply — less so the lesser omentum (Omentum minus), which connects liver and stomach in a double lamella. The greater omentum, likewise a double lamella of the peritoneum, lays itself like an apron between the ventral wall of the stomach and the convolution of the intestines. It swings down from the stomach to the underside of the abdominal cavity, forms a large loop there, turns back upward again and covers the intestinal mass like a warming protective shield. The mesentery (Mesenterium) behaves otherwise.