mesentery

/mes-uhn-ter-ee, mez-/US // ˈmɛs ənˌtɛr i, ˈmɛz- //UK // (ˈmɛsəntərɪ, ˈmɛz-) //

肠系膜,系膜,网膜,系膜层

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural mes·en·ter·ies.Anatomy.
- : an organ that, as a double fold of peritoneum, loops around the pancreas and the intestines, holding them securely to the abdominal wall.

Galen disputed this, for he believed that the intestinal chyle was carried by the veins of the mesentery into the liver.
In 1687 Cowper saw the passage of the arterial into the venous current in the mesentery of a cat.
Observe the condition of the omentum, the mesentery, the viscera and the peritoneal surface of the intestines.
If a part of the dividing wall remains, it serves as mesentery to fasten the gut to the body-wall.
The mesentery, ms, is here of considerable length and continues around the yolk in a layer of diminishing thickness.