Good Cop, Bad Cop

Abdomen
Written By Carlos Suarez

Who can forget the scene in The Dark Knight (2008) when Batman plays the bad cop? The Joker expertly responds to the good cop, bad cop routine and completely neutralizes Batman by driving him to a violent rage. We also have a good/bad cop organ, called the greater omentum, that is located in our abdomen. One of its functions is to physically isolate and help prevent the spread of infections, hence its nickname, the “abdominal policeman”. But the greater omentum is also the location of abdominal fat difficult to get rid of, the bad cop.  

Question: The greater omentum is indicated by an arrow in the image on the left. The tying off which vessel would lead to its complete infarction? 

 

Carlos Suarez
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