ArticleCommunications biology2021
The development and structure of the mesentery.
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- The mesenteric model of abdominal anatomy.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Article
- Revising Fascial Anatomy With a Focus on the Fusion Fascia in Mesenteric Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Review
- Effects of patient and imaging factors on small bowel motility scores derived from deep learning-based segmentation of cine MRI.European radiology · 2025Article
- The Surgical Management of the Mesentery in Crohn's Disease.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2025Review
- Retroperitoneal fasciae as barriers for nerve and arterial passages connecting the retroperitoneal region to the peritoneal organs.Journal of anatomy · 2024Article
- The Mesentery's Pivotal Role in the Brain-Gut-Liver Axis.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2024Article
- Peritoneal Metastases from Extraperitoneal Primary Tumors: Incidence, Treatment, and Survival from a Nationwide Database.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- There is no fusion fascia in the abdomen and extraperitoneal fascia always surrounds the mesentery.Journal of anatomy · 2023Article
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- Bovine omphalocele: errors in embryonic development, veterinarian importance, and the way forward.Veterinary research communications · 2022Review
- The Development of the Mesenteric Model of Abdominal Anatomy.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2022Review
- The Mesentery-Past, Present, and Future.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2022Review
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22 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
The position of abdominal organs, and mechanisms by which these are centrally connected, are currently described in peritoneal terms. As part of the peritoneal model of abdominal anatomy, there are multiple mesenteries. Recent findings point to an alternative model in which digestive organs are connected to a single mesentery. Given that direct evidence of this is currently lacking, we investigated the development and shape of the entire mesentery. Here we confirm that, within the abdomen, there is one mesentery in which all abdominal digestive organs develop and remain connected to. We show that all abdominopelvic organs are organised into two, discrete anatomical domains, the mesenteric and non-mesenteric domain. A similar organisation occurs across a range of animal species. The findings clarify the anatomical foundation of the abdomen; at the foundation level, the abdomen comprises a visceral (i.e. mesenteric) and somatic (i.e. musculoskeletal) frame. The organisation at that level is a fundamental order that explains the positional anatomy of all abdominopelvic organs, vasculature and peritoneum. Collectively, the findings provide a novel start point from which to systemically characterise the abdomen and its contents.
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