mesentery
IPA: mɛsʌntɛri
noun
- (anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.
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Examples of "mesentery" in Sentences
- It is mobile and has a mesentery.
- The lower part is dorsal mesentery.
- The upper part is ventral mesentery.
- Diseases of the mesentery and omentum.
- The mesometrium is the mesentery of the uterus.
- Dorsal mesentery is the lower part of the circuit.
- Is a remnant of the ventral mesentery of the fetus.
- Ventral mesentery is the upper part of the circuit.
- In the other third, it has a usually short mesentery.
- Ventral mesentery is the part of the peritoneum closest to the navel.
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