Location of the omentum and both linings of the stomach

You should know that on the stomach, under the skin, there are two membranes. One of them is called superficial and covers the intestines, warming them due to its density and fat content, and also covers the muscles. The second shell is called baritown and is also called “round”, for if this shell is separated from what it envelops, it resembles a ball trimmed with fringe, with soft shoots and holes. This shell is adjacent to the barrier at the top and separated from it at the bottom. Under the skin and superficial membrane of the abdomen it is soft, and two muscles of the abdominal muscles are tightly connected to it, on the right and on the left; having united with them, it unites with the barrier and its fleshy parts, forming with them something single. And it connects with the stomach after its substance becomes strong and dense, and this connection is an extensive connection, while at the junction with the liver the said membrane is very thin. Rising to the stomach and again turning downwards from it, it allows the passage of the vein and many arteries that are suspended from it, and it itself descends and turns into the omentum. Over most of the baritune there is a membrane, starting from the thin muscles that run across the abdomen; one might think that this is almost part of the barytown, since it connects with it and resembles it in terms of wealth of nerves, but if you separate the barytown from this shell, it turns out that its fabric is very thin, and this is the true barytown; It is thinnest and most tender near the sides. The membrane lining the ribs grows from this membrane.

The usefulness of this membrane is that it fills the gaps between the abdominal muscles and intestines, strengthens these places and prevents the muscles from falling into empty spaces thanks to the help of the diaphragm at the back. It compresses the intestines and entrails from behind, expelling excess, and compresses them sufficiently to expel the feces, urine and fetus contained in them: and also prevents strong swelling and binds the entrails with strong ligaments; with the spinal column they form, as it were, something single. All of them are connected at the back with glandular meat, which serves as a kind of bedding for them, for large vessels and for the ducts connecting the intestines to the stomach. Some say: “it cannot be said that the membrane has various kinds of fibers intertwined in the already known directions inherent in the fibers that are the instruments of the three natural forces,” but such people cannot say this about the membranes of the blood vessels, the bladder and the uterus. The only exception is one shell, which, on the contrary, is a simple body. Both mentioned membranes protect the insides of the lower cavity, and when they reach the pubis, they contain two narrow openings, like burrows, on the right and left; then the shells go down and turn into two testicular sacs. Under these two shells there is an oil seal. The omentum consists of two films located one above the other, between which many arteries and a smaller number of veins pass. In shape it is similar to a sac and is connected with the stomach, the vessels of the mesentery and the column, and it begins from the remainder of the baritune, descending near the stomach and duodenum, as well as from the ascending remainder near the pubis. The first thing we encounter on the abdomen is the skin, then, underneath it, lies the first membrane, and the combination of the skin and the first membrane is called the walls of the abdomen. Next comes the muscles, then the barytown, then the omentum and then the intestines.