Peritoneum

A large double fold of visceral peritoneum called the greater omentum hangs down from the greater curvature of the stomach.

Along the sides of the taeniae, tags of peritoneum filled with fat, called epiploic appendages (or appendices epiploicae) are found.

Examples Peritoneal ligaments Certain folds of peritoneum are referred to as ligaments.

Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the lower part of the abdomen.

In such a situation the placenta sits on the intraabdominal organs or the peritoneum and has found sufficient blood supply.

In this process they become enveloped in a layer of peritoneum.

Mortality is higher in the elderly and if present for a prolonged time. citation Primary peritoneal carcinoma main Primary peritoneal cancer is a cancer of the cells lining the peritoneum.

Occasionally, the infection can spread to in the peritoneum causing inflammation and the formation of scar tissue on the external surface of the liver (Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome).

The approach to the surgical site may involve several layers of incision and dissection, as in abdominal surgery, where the incision must traverse skin, subcutaneous tissue, three layers of muscle and then the peritoneum.

The ciliated urn cells may also be attached to the peritoneum and assist in waste filtering from the interstitial fluid.

The growing organs "take their blood vessels with them" from the abdominal wall, and these blood vessels become covered by peritoneum, forming a mesentery.

The mesentery is the part of the peritoneum through which most abdominal organs are attached to the abdominal wall and supplied with blood and lymph vessels and nerves.

The peritoneal membrane or peritoneum is a layer of tissue containing blood vessels that lines and surrounds the peritoneal, or abdominal, cavity and the internal abdominal organs (stomach, spleen, liver, and intestines).

They are covered by peritoneum and a layer of fat.

Thus, peritoneum means stretched around or stretched over.