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Mesentery

Known as: Mesenterium, mesenteric membrane, Mesenteric 
A layer of the peritoneum which attaches the abdominal viscera to the ABDOMINAL WALL and conveys their blood vessels and nerves.
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Narrower (17)

Broad LigamentDuodenojejunal atresia with volvulus, absent dorsal mesentery and absent superior mesenteric arteryFalciform ligamentGreater omentum

Broader (1)

Peritoneum

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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Effects of guanosine nucleotides on skinned smooth muscle tissue of the rabbit mesenteric artery.
1. Effects of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and guanosine 5'‐o‐(3‐thio)triphosphate (GTP gamma S) on mechanical properties of… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Lymphocytes isolated from the intestinal lamina propria of normal nonhuman primates have increased expression of genes associated with T-cell activation.
Review
1988
Review
1988
Feeding jejunostomy: a small bowel stress test?
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Systemic administration of recombinant interleukin 2 stimulates in vivo lymphoid cell proliferation in tissues.
Recent work in our laboratory has demonstrated that the repeated injections of high doses of recombinant interleukin 2 (IL 2) can… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Mechanisms of endothelium-dependent vascular smooth muscle relaxation.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Vasoactive intestinal peptide-like immunoreactivity in nerves associated with the cardiovascular system of guinea-pigs
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The extrinsic innervation of the abdominal organs in the female rat.
The extrinsic innervation of the abdominal organs in neonatal and adult female rats is described. Mainly an in toto… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Surgical treatment of fibromuscular disease of the carotid arteries.
FIBROMUSCULAR disease is a familiar cause of renovascular hypertension. 1,2 It has represented the etiologic factor in 14% of our… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The action of extracellular cations on the release of the sympathetic transmitter from peripheral nerves
1. The noradrenaline stores in the sympathetic nerve endings of the cat colon were labelled in vivo with (±)‐[7‐3H]noradrenaline… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
The cytologic demonstration and significance of tumor cells in the mesenteric venous blood in patients with colorectal carcinoma.
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