In case you’ve ever wondered what connects your intestine to your abdomen, there’s a word – and, now, a single organ – for that: the mesentery. But, don’t worry – you haven’t grown a new organ. It’s ...

A new discovery regarding the human intestinal mesentery may radically change the fundamentals of anatomy and embryology and related surgical approaches. The mesenery is an obscure structure in the ...

In case you missed it, by at least one recently revised tally you now have 79 organs — up from 78. A layered fold of tissue that connects your intestines to the abdominal wall, the mesentery was ...

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare condition that affects the fat-cell-containing part of the mesentery. Mesenteries are tissue folds in the body. They're essential in the abdomen, since they provide ...