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  2. Mesentery - Wikipedia

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    The mesentery of the small intestine arises from the root of the mesentery (or mesenteric root) and is the part connected with the structures in front of the vertebral column. The root is narrow, about 15 cm long, 20 cm in width, and is directed obliquely from the duodenojejunal flexure at the left side of the second lumbar vertebra to the ...

  3. Development of the digestive system - Wikipedia

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    Initially, the gut tube from the caudal end of the foregut to the end of the hindgut is suspended from the dorsal body wall by dorsal mesentery. Ventral mesentery, derived from the septum transversum, exists only in the region of the terminal part of the esophagus, the stomach, and the upper portion of the duodenum. [2]

  4. Misty mesentery sign - Wikipedia

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    The misty mesentery sign is a non-specific radiological finding characterized by increased attenuation within the mesenteric fat on computed tomography (CT) imaging. It reflects pathological processes that result in infiltration, edema, or increased cellularity within the mesentery, often in association with inflammation and adjacent lymphadenopathy. [1]

  5. Greater omentum - Wikipedia

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    Two of the stages in the development of the digestive tube and its mesentery. The arrow indicates the entrance to the bursa omentalis. The greater omentum develops from the dorsal mesentery that connects the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall. During its development, the stomach undergoes its first 90° rotation along the axis of the ...

  6. Lesser omentum - Wikipedia

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    The primitive mesentery of a six weeks’ human embryo, half schematic. (Lesser omentum labeled at left.) Schematic and enlarged cross-section through the body of a human embryo in the region of the mesogastrium, at end of third month

  7. Abdominal wall - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, the abdominal wall represents the boundaries of the abdominal cavity.The abdominal wall is split into the anterolateral and posterior walls. [1]There is a common set of layers covering and forming all the walls: the deepest being the visceral peritoneum, which covers many of the abdominal organs (most of the large and small intestines, for example), and the parietal peritoneum ...

  8. Abdominal cavity - Wikipedia

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    The abdominal cavity is a large body cavity in humans [1] and many other animals that contain organs.It is a part of the abdominopelvic cavity. [2] It is located below the thoracic cavity, and above the pelvic cavity.

  9. Gastrosplenic ligament - Wikipedia

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    Diagram at Tn.edu Archived 2007-02-04 at the Wayback Machine; Photo of model at Waynesburg College digirep/greateromentum; abdominalcavity at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (xsectthrulesseromentum