The greater omentum is
A) important in the digestion of fats.
B) the entrance to the stomach.
C) attached to the stomach at the lesser curvature.
D) a fatty sheet that hangs like an apron over the abdominal viscera.
E) a sheet of mesentery that attaches to the liver.

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The greater omentum is a large fold of peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach, covering the abdominal organs like an apron. It is not involved in fat digestion, nor is it the entrance to the stomach or attached at the lesser curvature. It also does not attach to the liver.

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