In zoology, a mesentery is a membrane inside the body cavity of an animal. The term identifies different structures in different phyla: in vertebrates...
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from the mouth and a series of radial partitions called mesenteries. Many of the mesenteries project into the enteric cavity but some extend from the...
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part of digestive tube and its attachment to the primitive or common mesentery. Human embryo of six weeks. Tail end of human embryo twenty-five to twenty-nine...
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blood flows through the tissues sinuses. A dorsal blood vessel in the mesentery above the gut delivers blood to a sinus in the proboscis that contains...
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Coelom (category Zoological nomenclature)
of tardigrades (water bears) which is suspended within the body in the mesentery derived from a mesoderm-lined coelom. The fluid inside the coelom is known...
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divided into a number of chambers by mesenteries radiating inwards from the body wall. Some of the mesenteries form complete partitions with a free edge...
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In zoology and developmental anatomy, the notochord is an elastic, rod-like anatomical structure found in animals of the phylum Chordata. A notochord...
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lining) from the preceding and following segments on either side. Each mesentery is similar except that the mesothelium is the lining of each of the pair...
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space inside each tentacle. The gonads are located near the base of each mesentery. Octocorals have high phenotypic plasticity from adapting to dynamic environments...
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Gastrointestinal tract (redirect from Gut (zoology))
between the gut and the surrounding tissue. These parts of the tract have a mesentery. Retroperitoneal parts are covered with adventitia. They blend into the...
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