Dorsal mesentery
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| Abdominal part of digestive tube and its attachment to the primitive or common mesentery. Human embryo of six weeks. |
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| Schematic figure of the bursa omentalis, etc. Human embryo of eight weeks. |
| Latin |
mesenterium dorsale commune |
| Gray's |
subject #241 1103 |
The portion of mesentery attached to the greater curvature of the stomach is named the dorsal mesentery (or dorsal mesogastrium, when referring to the portion at the stomach), and the part which suspends the colon is termed the mesocolon.
The dorsal mesogastrium develops into the greater omentum.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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