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pleopod, swimmeret - one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming ... (redirected from Epiploic appendages)
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Epiploic appendix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The epiploic appendices (or epiploic appendages , or appendix epiploica , or omental appendices ) are small pouches of the peritoneum filled with fat and situated along the colon and upper par...
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Large intestine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The large intestine is the last part of the digestive system—the final stage of the alimentary canal—in vertebrate animals. Its function is to absorb water from the remaining indigestible food matter,...
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Epiploic appendages are fat- and blood vessel-containing outpouchings protruding from the serosal surface of the colon (1-3). They appear in the fifth month of fetal life (2) and in an adult human, the average number of ... They may function as a barrier against infection or inflammation as a miniature omentum (4).
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Epiploic appendages, referred also as “appendices epiploicae” are small peritoneal fat pouches, between 0.5 and 5cm long, which are attached to the external surface of the colon by vascular stalks (one or two arterioles and a venule), originating in two rows, anterior and posterior, parallel to the taenia coli 1,2...
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infarcted epiploic appendages on the serosal aspect of the descending colon or sigmoid. ... The function of the appendices epiploica is not well ...
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A. Alimentary canal (gastrointestinal tract) ... a. Function - ... d. Epiploic appendage...
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And other still smaller omenta and epiploic appendages, all containing deposits of fat, occupy various crevices among the abdominal viscera. ... As this function of the liver and the omentum is a permanent one, it seems possible that spirits are frequently detained in such quiet states for a while, perhaps until they can...
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Although several theories exist, the function of the epiploic appendage is incompletely understood. The appendage may serve as a “miniature omentum,” acting ...
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