Definition of Mesocolon. Meaning of Mesocolon. Synonyms of Mesocolon

- allowing blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves to supply the intestines. The mesocolon (the part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall)...
- channels. It is found between the two mesothelial layers that separate the mesocolon from the underlying retroperitoneum. It was first described by the Austrian...
- intestine, the transverse mesocolon, which attaches the back portion of the colon to the abdominal wall, and the sigmoid mesocolon which enfolds the sigmoid...
- peritoneum and whether they are attached by mesenteries (mensentery, mesocolon). Structures that are intraperitoneal are generally mobile, while those...
- peritoneum (and thus is not retroperitoneal), which forms a mesentery (sigmoid mesocolon), which diminishes in length from the center toward the ends of the loop...
- to the posterior abdominal wall by a mesentery known as the transverse mesocolon. The transverse colon is encased in peritoneum, and is therefore mobile...
- compartments by the mesentery of the transverse colon, known as the transverse mesocolon. This division creates an upper and a lower compartment within the greater...
- pancreas by a large and wide duplicature of that membrane, the transverse mesocolon. It is in relation, by its upper surface, with the liver and gall-bladder...
- Diagrams to illustrate the development of the greater omentum and transverse mesocolon Omental bursa Terms for anatomical location Greater sac Omental foramen...
- lymph nodes are numerous, and lie between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, in close relation to the transverse colon; they are best developed in...