Look up: mesentery

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   mesentery
   [n] - a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines
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   Mesentery
   Mesentery: A fold of tissue which attaches organs to the body wall. The word mesentery usually refers to the small bowel mesentery which anchors the small intestine to the back of the abdominal wall. Blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics branch through the mesentery to supply the intestine. Other mesenteries exist to support the sigmoid colon, appe ...
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   mesentery
   a double layer of peritoneum connecting the intestine to the posterior abdominal wall Category: Botany and zoology • free space...comes to be enclosed by...the peritoneum...vertical portions of this membrane represent --, which suspend the alimentary tract from the body wall. Category: Medicine
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   Mesentery
   Mes'en·ter·y noun [ Greek mesente`rion , me`sos + 'e`nteron intestine: confer French mésentère .] 1. (Anat.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with th ...
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   mesentery
   1. <anatomy> The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesoccum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc ...
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   mesentery
   noun a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines
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   Mesentery
   `Mesentery` is, in anatomy, the double layer of peritoneum that connects a part of the small intestine to the posterior wall of the abdomen. Its meaning, however, is frequently extended to include double layers of peritoneum connecting various components of the abdominal cavity.
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   mesentery
   (mez´әn-ter″e) a membranous fold attaching an organ to the body wall. the peritoneal fold attaching the small intestine to the dorsal body wall; called also mesenterium. adj., mesenter´ic., adj. Mesentery in a median sagittal section.
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   Mesentery
   • (n.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc. &bu...
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    mesentery
    (from the article `human embryology`) When the gut folds into a tube it is suspended by a sheetlike dorsal mesentery, or membranous fold. In the region of the stomach it forms an ... Some organs are suspended from the wall of a body cavity by thin sheets of connective tissue called mesenteries; others are embedded in adipose ... ...o...
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    mesentery
    mesentery Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: 'internal organs, entrails, inside': ent-; fistul-; incret-; inter-; intra-; splanchn-; viscer-.
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    mesentery
    • A double layer of peritoneum attaching the stomach, intestines, spleen, etc., to the dorsal wall or peritoneal cavity. The mesentery contains blood, lymph, and nerve supply to these organs. • More strictly, the same double layer attaching the small intestine only. • Vertical p...
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    mesentery
    mesentery: see peritoneum.
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