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Mesentry (axial)

Images of the peritoneal cavity from Gray anatomy (now out of copyright) and from Wikipedia (WikiCommons)

Mesentery

contributed by Dr Jeremy Jones on March 17, 2009

System: Gastrointestinal

Section: Anatomy

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Mesentry (axial)

Images of the peritoneal cavity from Gray anatomy (now out of copyright) and from Wikipedia (WikiCommons)

Used in the following articles:

Mesentery - “A mesentery is a double layer of peritoneum that encloses the intestines and attaches them to the posterior abdominal wall. The term was originally...”
Inframesocolic space - “The inframesocolic space is the intra-peritoneal space below the root of the transverse mesocolon. The supramesocolic space lies above the transver...”

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