title: [The arterial system of the greater omentum].
abstract: The aim of our study is to establish a pattern of distribution of the arteries of greater omentum. Right omental arteries supply the anterior lamina and the left ones the posterior lamina (in 82% there is an initial independent left-right distribution). In 18% it is mixed, the two territories being supplied by both anterior and posterior omental arteries. The classic pattern with three main arterial arches (one infra-gastric and two inferior marginal) was identified in 24% cases. More frequent (45%) is the pattern with two transverse main arteries, one superior and the other inferior (with a variable number of intermediate arteries). In 51% cases the infra-colic arch is dominant; in 14% cases it is thinner. The absence of arterial arches may be partly substituted by a dense capillary network. The laminar arterial distribution of greater omentum was expressed into more patterns.
authors.affiliation: Catedra de Anatomie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa, Iaşi.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tăranu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tăranu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Varlam
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Marta
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Antohe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005333:Fetus; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply*