What is Omental Foramen?

Omental Foramen is a hole that can be found between the stomach and liver of the body. The peritoneum folds, a thin layer of cells that line the abdominal cavity are formed. It is also known as Foramen Winslow or Epiploic Foramen. It consists of a larger omentum that floats over the stomach, and a smaller omentum, which starts from the liver and ends at the beginning of the small intestine, is called twelve. The adjective "epiploic" is of Greek origin and refers to the "floating" location of a larger oment. The term foramen of Winslow follows its origin with Jacques-Benigne Winslow, a Danish anatomist of the 18th century, who is best known for writing the first treatise of anatomy as a descriptive science.

The purpose of Omantal Foramen is to connect two VAC peritonea. These are bags or attachments that may be found not only in animals but also in plants. One of these structures is called a larger SAC, which serves as a general abdominal cavity. It is located in the peritoneum and outside the smaller bag, which is also referred to as Omental Bursa. A smaller bag is a formn by the inner fold of a larger oment, whose outside in fact is an omental foramen.

Opened opening has five boundaries. The front or front boundaries consist of a smaller oment called hepatododenal liga. Common bile duct, liver artery and hepatic portal vein runs in its layers. The rear or rear edge includes a peritoneum that covers the rear vena Cava, a vein that transports a de-oxgenated blood from the lower half of the body to a heart chamber called the right atrium. The excellent boundary is closed by the liver lobe, which is a Actually bound to the right rear vena Cava.

The lower boundary Omental Foramen covers the duodenum and the liver artery. The latter is a small blood vessel, which adds, among other things, oxygenated blood to the duodenum. The last boundary of omental foramen, left side, consists of gastrosplenic ligament and splenorenal ligament.

Omental Foramen can escape after rupture. Usually a escapeAws into a smaller bag, because this cover is placed behind the stomach. If a smaller bag was placed in front of the stomach, Omental Foramen would have escaped instead of a larger bag.