mesentery

mesentery
—mesenteric, adj.
/mes"euhn ter'ee, mez"-/, n., pl. mesenteries. Anat.
the membrane, consisting of a double layer of peritoneum, that invests the intestines, attaching them to the posterior wall of the abdomen, maintaining them in position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, esp. the part of this membrane investing the jejunum and ileum.
[1375-1425; late ME < NL mesenterium < Gk mesentérion (equiv. to mes- MES- + entérion, neut. of entérios of the bowel); see ENTERON]

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      any of several folds of membranous tissue ( peritoneum) attached to the wall of the abdomen and enclosing viscera. Examples include the mesentery for the small intestine; the transverse mesocolon, which attaches the transverse portion of the colon to the back wall of the abdomen; and the mesosigmoid, which enfolds the sigmoid portion of the colon.

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