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  2. Mesentery - Wikipedia

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    Mesentery has been known for thousands of years, however it was unclear whether mesentery is a single organ or there are several mesenteries. [ 20 ] [ better source needed ] The classical anatomical description of the mesocolon is credited to British surgeon Sir Frederick Treves in 1885, [ 21 ] although a description of the membrane as a single ...

  3. Mesentery (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    The mesenteries deposit calcium carbonate which forms a stony ridge, the septum, between each pair of mesenteries and builds the corallite, the cup in which the polyp sits. [6] Sea anemones, order Actiniaria, have at least eight complete mesenteries and a variable number of incomplete ones near the base. The functional significance of the ...

  4. Mesenteric arteries - Wikipedia

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    Superior mesenteric artery and its branches in humans Inferior mesenteric artery and its branches in humans. The mesenteric arteries take blood from the aorta and distribute it to a large portion of the gastrointestinal tract.

  5. Abdominal cavity - Wikipedia

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    Mesenteries are folds of peritoneum that are attached to the walls of the abdomen and enclose viscera completely. They are supplied with plentiful amounts of blood . The three most important mesenteries are mesentery for the small intestine , the transverse mesocolon , which attaches the back portion of the colon to the abdominal wall, and the ...

  6. Mesothelium - Wikipedia

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    The mesothelium is a membrane composed of simple squamous epithelial cells of mesodermal origin, [2] which forms the lining of several body cavities: the pleura (pleural cavity around the lungs), peritoneum (abdominopelvic cavity including the mesentery, omenta, falciform ligament and the perimetrium) and pericardium (around the heart).

  7. Inferior mesenteric artery - Wikipedia

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    The IMA arises from the anterior aspect of the abdominal aorta. [2] [3]Its origin is situated at the L3 vertebral level, [2] [3] below the origins of the two renal arteries, [3] 3-4 cm above the aortic bifurcation, [3] [2] at the level of the umbilicus, and posterior to the inferior border of the horizontal (III) part of the duodenum.

  8. Superior mesenteric lymph nodes - Wikipedia

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    The mesenteric lymph nodes or mesenteric glands are one of the three principal groups of superior mesenteric lymph nodes and lie between the layers of the mesentery.. They number from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, and are sited as two main groups:

  9. Hepatic portal system - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system or portal venous system is the system of veins comprising the portal vein and its tributaries. The other portal venous system in the body is the hypophyseal portal system .