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Webster 1913 Edition
Mesentery
Mes′en-ter-y
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[Gr.
μεσεντέριον
, μέσοσ
+ ἔντερον
intestine: cf. F. mésentère
.] 1.
(Anat.)
The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mesentery
MES'ENTERY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
mesentery
mesentery
English
Noun
mesentery (plural mesenteries)
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen