mes·o·gas·tri·um

(mĕz′ə-găs′trē-əm, mĕs′-)

n. pl. mes·o·gas·tri·a (-trē-ə)

Either of two mesenteries attached to the embryonic stomach that persist in the form of ligaments and the lesser omentum.

mes′o·gas′tric adj.

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mesogastrium

(ˌmɛsəʊˈɡæstrɪəm)

(Anatomy) the mesentery supporting the embryonic stomach

ˌmesoˈgastric adj

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References in periodicals archive

Kidneys ascend from the pelvis to the mesogastrium during the seventh week of fetal development and reach their final position by the end of the eighth or ninth week (Taghavi et al., 2016).

Anatomical and Clinical Aspects of Horseshoe Kidney: A Review of the Current Literature/ Aspectos Anatomicos y Clinicos del Rinon en Herradura: Una Revision de la Literatura Actual

[21] The spleen develops as a collection of mesenchymal cells in the dorsal mesogastrium. Some of these cells are contributed by the coelomic epithelium lining the mesogastrium.

MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN SPLEEN

She was in good general condition, normotensive, and ruddy, with flaccid abdomen and moderate pain in the mesogastrium and in the pelvis.

Placenta Percreta and Uterine Rupture in the First Trimester of Pregnancy

Suspensory ligaments of the spleen develop from dorsal mesogastrium, and an impaired fusion of dorsal part of gastric mesentery and dorsal peritoneum during the second month of embryonic development results in a long splenic mesentery.

Torsion of a wandering spleen in an adolescent with Gaucher disease

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