Definition of Mesenteries

1. Noun. (plural of mesentery) ¹

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Definition of Mesenteries

1. mesentery [n] - See also: mesentery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesenteries

mesenteric glands
mesenteric hernia
mesenteric lymph nodes
mesenteric lymphadenitis
mesenteric plexus
mesenteric portion of small intestine
mesenteric vascular occlusion
mesenteric vein
mesenteric veins
mesenteric vessels
mesenterick
mesentericoparietal fossa
mesentericoparietal recess
mesentericopeptidase
mesenteries (current term)
mesenteriolum
mesenteriolum processus vermiformis
mesenteriopexy
mesenteriorrhaphy
mesenteriplication
mesenteritis
mesenterium
mesenterium dorsale commune
mesentery
mesentery of appendix
mesentery of caecum
mesentery of lung
mesentery of sigmoid colon

Literary usage of Mesenteries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Next, a pair of mesenteries, marked 11,11 in the diagram, is developed in the sulcular ... There are now eight mesenteries present, having exactly the same ..."

2. The coral Siderastrea radians and its postlarval development by J[ames] E[dwin] Duerden (1904)
"The first twelve mesenteries in Siderastrea have been shown to arise in bilateral pairs, a member on each side of the median axis, and the order is such ..."

3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"The mesenteries are twenty in number (PI. IX, Fig. 3), and are situated at equal distances from each other, but are, nevertheless, arranged in pairs, ..."

4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"XIX. 1. 2 shows the structure of a mesentery and the arrangement of its musculature. 3 and 4 show the order and relations of the mesenteries. ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"It has been shown that there is frequently a stage in their development during which there are only eight mesenteries. This stage is usually called the ..."

6. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"... mesenteries AND SEPTUM TRANSVERSUM THK development of these parts is one of ... the definitive relations of the body-cavities and mesenteries depend. ..."

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