Dorsal mesentery

Dorsal mesentery
Abdominal part of digestive tube and its attachment to the primitive or common mesentery. Human embryo of six weeks.
Schematic figure of the bursa omentalis, etc. Human embryo of eight weeks.
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Latin	mesenterium dorsale commune
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_10/12526373
Anatomical terminology []

The portion of the dorsal mesentery that attaches to the greater curvature of the stomach, is known as the dorsal mesogastrium. The part of the dorsal mesentery that suspends the colon is termed the mesocolon.

The dorsal mesogastrium develops into the greater omentum.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)