Ventral mesentery 4348503 160250013 2007-09-25T14:02:23Z Barneca 3138853 /* Development */ dablink fix, and link first instance not second {{Infobox Embryology | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = | GraySubject = 241 | GrayPage = 1103 | Image = Gray984.png | Caption = The primitive mesentery of a six weeks’ human embryo, half schematic. | Image2 = Gray989.png | Caption2 = Schematic figure of the bursa omentalis, etc. Human embryo of eight weeks. | System = | CarnegieStage = | Precursor = | GivesRiseTo = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = m_10 | DorlandsSuf = 12526439 | }} '''Ventral mesentery''' is the part of the [[peritoneum]] closest to the [[navel]]. ==Development== The cephalic portion of the [[septum transversum]] takes part in the formation of the [[Thoracic diaphragm|diaphragm]], while the caudal portion into which the liver grows forms the ventral mesentery (or '''ventral mesogastrium''', when referring to the portion at the stomach).<ref name=gray> Gray's anatomy </ref> The [[lesser omentum]] is formed, by a thinning of the mesoderm or ventral mesogastrium, which attaches the [[stomach]] and [[duodenum]] to the anterior [[abdominal wall]]. By the subsequent growth of the [[liver]] this leaf of mesoderm is divided into two parts, viz., the [[lesser omentum]] between the stomach and liver, and the [[falciform]] and [[coronary ligament]]s between the liver and the abdominal wall and diaphragm.<ref name=gray/> [[Image:Gray1038.png|left|300px|thumb|Mesentery in red. Ventral mesentery is the upper part of the circuit. The lower part is [[dorsal mesentery]].]] ==References== <references/> {{developmental-biology-stub}} {{Development of digestive system}}