Let’s start with the basics. The mesentery is located in your abdomen and is responsible for holding your intestines in place, among other functions. “It’s actually a folded piece of the peritoneum or ...

In case you’ve ever wondered what connects your intestine to your abdomen, there’s a word – and now, a single organ – for that: the mesentery. But don’t worry; you haven’t grown a new ...

The mesentery is a double fold of the peritoneum, which is the lining of the abdominal cavity. It connects the intestine to the abdomen. While the mesentery’s specific function is still unknown ...

The mesentery is a continuous set of tissues located in your abdomen. It attaches your intestines to the wall of your abdomen and holds them in place. The mesentery is a continuous set of tissues ...

The organ is known as the mesentery and it was previously thought ... The organ is a double fold of peritoneum - the lining of the abdominal cavity - that holds our intestine to the wall of ...

The mesentery is a double fold of the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity, which attaches the stomach, small intestine, colon and other organs to the abdomen. "When we approach it like ...

You technically gained an organ. Irish researchers have confirmed that the mesentery -- a fold of membrane that connects the intestine to the abdomen -- is its own continuous organ, and not a ...

notably in the mesentery and peritoneum and pleura (sometimes multiple). Visceral examples may produce site-specific symptoms. Radiographs show well-marginated, non-calcified tumors ...

Yet when a pair of Irish researchers took a closer look recently, they found that it’s actually one continuous fatty membrane, possibly constituting a whole new functional organ: the mesentery.