Root of the mesentery

Root of the mesentery

Infobox Anatomy
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Latin = radix mesenterii
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Caption = Diagram devised by Delépine to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera.


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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.

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* [http://www.academic-server.cvm.umn.edu/caseofmonth/EqLymphoWeb/EqLymphoHistopath.htm Histology] at University of Minnesota
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