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OMENTUM. 



OMENTUM. 



The layers of membrane which attach the stomach intes- 

 tine, liver, and spleen together, constitute, what is called by 

 anatomists, the omentum. This is a very abundant expansion 

 of serous membrane, loaded with fat, in cattle and sheep fed 

 for the butcher, and known to the latter by the name of 

 caul. It is the portion covering the intestine, and which is 



Fig. 94. 



