Omental foramen
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In human anatomy, the omental foramen (epiploic foramen, foramen of Winslow after the anatomist Jacob B. Winslow, or uncommonly aditus; Latin: Foramen epiploicum) is the passage of communication, or foramen, between the greater sac (general cavity (of the abdomen)), and the lesser sac.
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Latin | foramen omentale |
TA98 | A10.1.02.403 |
TA2 | 3704 |
FMA | 14711 |
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