Definition: A layer of the peritoneum which attaches the abdominal viscera to the ABDOMINAL WALL and conveys their blood vessels and nerves.
avoid /blood supply: prefer MESENTERIC ARTERIES or MESENTERIC VEINS but for mesenteric circulation use SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; diseases: coord IM with PERITONEAL DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS (IM)
ExamplesMesocolon
Other names Mesenteries
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Duodenojejunal atresia with volvulus, absent dorsal mesentery and absent superior mesenteric artery
