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Descriptor English: Mesentery
Descriptor Spanish: Mesenterio
Descriptor mesenterio
Scope note: Capa del peritoneo que une las vísceras abdominales con la PARED ABDOMINAL y por donde convergen sus vasos sanguíneos y nervios.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mesentério
Descriptor French: Mésentère
Entry term(s): Mesenteries
Tree number(s): A01.923.047.025.600.451
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008643
Scope note: A layer of the peritoneum which attaches the abdominal viscera to the ABDOMINAL WALL and conveys their blood vessels and nerves.
Annotation: avoid /blood supply: prefer MESENTERIC ARTERIES or MESENTERIC VEINS; for mesenteric circulation use SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; diseases: coordinate with PERITONEAL DISEASES; neoplasms: coordinate with PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8820
Unique ID: D008643
NLM Classification: WI 500
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/13
Mesentery - Preferred
Concept UI M0013467
Scope note A layer of the peritoneum which attaches the abdominal viscera to the ABDOMINAL WALL and conveys their blood vessels and nerves.
Preferred term Mesentery
Entry term(s) Mesenteries



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