Peritoneum Definition

perətənēəm
peritoneum, peritonea, peritoneums
noun
The transparent serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and reflected inward at various places to cover the visceral organs.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Peritoneum

Noun

Singular:
peritoneum
Plural:
peritonea, peritoneums

Origin of Peritoneum

  • Middle English from Late Latin peritonaeum from Greek peritonaion from peritonaios stretched across from peritonos stretched around peri- peri- teinein to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek περί- (peri, “around") + τόνος (tonos, “stretch") + -αιος (-aios, “suffix to form an adjective").

    From Wiktionary

Peritoneum Sentence Examples

  • At its posterior margin the peritoneum of the great sac is reflected on to the diaphragm to form the anterior layer of the coronary ligament.

  • To the left of the vena cava is the Spigelian lobe, which lies in front of the bodies of the tenth and eleventh thoracic vertebrae, the lesser sac of peritoneum, diaphragm and thoracic aorta intervening.

  • From each side of the uterus the peritoneum is reflected outward, as a two-layered sheet, to the side wall of the pelvis; this is the broad ligament, and between its layers lie several structures of importance.

  • Beneath this again is a distinct peritoneum lining the coelom, which appears to be wanting as a special layer in some Polychaetes (Benham, Gilson).

  • Thus the nephridia, in this case at least, are a part of the coelom and are not shut off from it by a layer of peritoneum, as are other organs which lie in it, e.g.

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