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What is a mesentery? Where would you find the falciform ligament, greater and lesser omentum, and...

What is a mesentery? Where would you find the falciform ligament, greater and lesser omentum, and mesentery proper?

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Mesentery:It is peritoneal fold which attaches various abdominal organs and viscera to abdominal wall .It is a double fold of peritoneum and allows to store fat and passage of blood vessels nerves and lymphatics through it.

Falciform ligament: it is a sickle shaped flap. it attaches liver to anterior abdominal wall. it divides liver assymetrically into right and left lobe.

Greater omentum:it hangs down like an apron from greater curvature of stomach . it is a fold of visceral peritoneum.

it attaches stomach to transverse colon.

Lesser omentum: smaller in size. it attaches stomach(lesser curvature) to liver and duodenum

mesentery proper:it is peritoneal fold connecting small intestine to posterior abdominal wall.

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