The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 34, No. 2, Feb., 1924 Rôle of Omentum of Rabbits, Dogs and Gui... The omentum of the rabbit takes part in the ...

That apron is the omentum, a fatty tissue that hangs from the stomach. It absorbs peritoneal fluids — detecting viruses, bacteria and fungi as it does — and mobilizes its immune cell reservoir ...