The portion of mesentery attached to the greater curvature of the stomach is named the dorsal mesentery (or dorsal mesogastrium, when referring to the portion at the stomach), and the part which suspends the colon is termed the mesocolon.
The dorsal mesogastrium develops into the greater omentum.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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Prenatal development/Mammalian development of digestive system, coelom and septa, and mesenchymal mesenteric masses (GA 11.1101, TE E5.4, 5.8-9)
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| Gut |
| Upper GI tract and accessory |
- Foregut: upper GI
- Buccopharyngeal membrane
- Rathke's pouch
- Tracheoesophageal septum
- accessory
- Pancreatic bud
- Hepatic diverticulum
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| Lower GI tract |
- Hindgut: Urorectal septum
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| Abdominopelvic |
| Mesentery |
- Dorsal mesentery
- Ventral mesentery
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| Thoracic diaphragm |
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| Other |
- Intra-embryonic coelom
- Extra-embryonic coelom
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Abdominopelvic cavity: Abdomen/Abdominal cavity and Pelvis/Pelvic cavity and Peritoneal cavity (TA A10, TH H3.04.08, GA 4.408 and GA 11.1147)
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| Extraperitoneal space |
- Retroperitoneal space
- Retropubic space
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Peritoneal ligaments,
mesenteries, and folds |
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Abdominal
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From ventral mesentery
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- Lesser omentum: Hepatoduodenal ligament
- Hepatogastric ligament
- Liver: Coronary ligament (Left triangular ligament
- Right triangular ligament
- Hepatorenal ligament)
- Falciform ligament (Round ligament of liver and Ligamentum venosum in it, but not of it)
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From dorsal mesentery
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- Greater omentum: Gastrophrenic ligament
- Gastrocolic ligament
- Gastrosplenic ligament
- Mesentery: Transverse mesocolon
- Sigmoid mesocolon
- Mesoappendix
- Root of the mesentery
- Splenorenal ligament
- Phrenicocolic ligament
- Folds: Umbilical folds (Supravesical fossa, Medial inguinal fossa, Lateral umbilical fold, Lateral inguinal fossa)
- Ileocecal fold
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Abdominal cavity
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- Greater sac
- Omental bursa
- Omental foramen
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General
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- Cystohepatic triangle
- Hepatorenal recess of subhepatic space
- Abdominal wall (Inguinal triangle)
- Peritoneal recesses: Paracolic gutters
- Paramesenteric gutters
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Urogenital peritoneum
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Uterus/ovaries
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- Broad ligament of the uterus (Mesovarium, Mesosalpinx, Mesometrium)
- Ovarian ligament
- Suspensory ligament of the ovary
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Recesses
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- ♂: Recto-vesical pouch
- Pararectal fossa
- ♀: Recto-uterine pouch
- Recto-uterine fold (Uterosacral ligament)
- Vesico-uterine pouch
- Ovarian fossa
- Paravesical fossa
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