Look up: mesentery

1. 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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2. 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 me...
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3. 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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4. 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 in...
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5. 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...
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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 ...
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9. 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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10. 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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11. mesentery
    mesentery: see peritoneum.
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12. Mesentery
    The mesentery is a membrane in the cavity of the abdomen, attached to the lumbar vertebrae posteriorly and to the intestines anteriorly. It is formed of a duplicature of the peritoneum, and contains adipose matter, lacteals, mesenteric glands, lymphatics, and mesenteric arteries, veins, and nerves. ...
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13. mesentery
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mes′en-ter′ē Definitions: 1. A double layer of peritoneum attached to the abdominal wall and enclosing in its fold a portion or all of one of the abdominal viscera, conveying to it its vessels and nerves. 2. The fan-shaped fold of peritoneum suspending the ...
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14. mesentery
    Greek mesos = middle, and enteron = intestine; hence, the peritoneal fold which tethers the centrally situated small intestine; adjective - mesenteric.
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15. mesentery
    (mes;en-ter;e) A fold of peritoneal membrane that attaches an abdominal organ to the abdominal wall.
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16. mesentery
    (mes;en-ter;e) A fold of peritoneal membrane that attaches an abdominal organ to the abdominal wall.
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17. Mesentery
    In anatomy, the `mesentery` is the double layer of peritoneum that suspends the jejunum and ileum from 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. Mesentery (proper): The...
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