Josef Hyrtl on the origin of Latin name “peritoneum” and its derivatives

Abstract

The article presents a translation of the chapters of the work “Onomatologia anatomica” (1880) by the Austrian anatomist Josef Hyrtl, devoted to terminology in anatomy of peritoneum and its derivatives - № 135 (“Epiploon”), № 233 (“Mesenterium und Mesaraion”), № 251 (“Omentum”), № 274 (“Peritoneum oder Peritonaeum”).