Root of the mesentery
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| Root of the mesentery | |
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| Diagram devised by Delépine to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera. | |
| Latin | radix mesenterii |
| Gray's | subject #256 1157 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_02/12687895 |
The root of the mesentery (or mesenteric root)—the part connected with the structures in front of the vertebral column—is narrow, about 15 cm. long, and is directed obliquely from the duodenojejunal flexure at the left side of the second lumbar vertebra to the right sacroiliac articulation.
External links
- Histology at University of Minnesota
- Norman/Georgetown peritoneum
- Norman/Georgetown jejunumileum
- Diagram at University of Bristol
- Dissection at University of Bristol
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