mesentery

A mesentery is a double fold of peritoneum supporting the bowel; the pictured small-intestinal mesentery spreads from a short root and carries vessels to the intestine.

All languages

English: mesentery
Norwegian: tarmkrøs
Japanese: 腸間膜 — ちょうかんまく — chōkanmaku
Korean: 장간막 — jangganmak
Spanish: mesenterio
French: mésentère
German: Gekröse

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