Unravelling the Mysteries of the Mesentery

The mesentery and its folds tether the small bowel loops to the posterior abdominal wall. It transmits nerves, vessels, and lymph ensconced in a fatty sponge layer wrapped in a thin glistening peritoneum, from and to the small bowel. Not only does this flexible dynamic fatty apron house various loca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sunita Gopalan, Vineetha Raghu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1718247