epiploic appendix


omental appendices

[TA] one of a number of little processes or sacs of peritoneum filled with adipose tissue and projecting from the serous coat of the large intestine, except the rectum; they are most evident on the transverse and sigmoid colon, being most numerous along the free tenia. Synonym(s): appendices omentales [TA], appendices adiposae coli ☆ , fatty appendices of colon ☆ , appendix epiploica, epiploic appendage, epiploic appendix, epiploic tags