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ventral mesogastrium

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Portion of ventral mesentery closest to the stomach. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral_mesentery ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C1519967 (ncithesaurus:Ventral_Mesogastrium)
  • EMAPA:17026
  • ZFA:0005133
  • EHDAA:3005
  • VHOG:0000351
  • NCIT:C34327
  • TAO:0005133
  • EHDAA2:0002176
  • MA:0001621
Subsets

vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

The mesentery that originates from the ventral side of the peritoneal cavity.[TAO], The ventral sheet of the primitive mesentery that encloses the stomach. The lesser omentum develops from the ventral mesogastrium. [TFD][VHOG]

comment

"The primitive gut is enveloped by a mesentery that has a dorsal and a ventral aspect. The ventral mesentery degenerates during development with the exception of the foregut ventral mesentery, which develops into specialized structures (see foregut embryology)." [http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/embryology/gi/pgm.htm]. todo - check

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Gray984.png

has related synonym

foregut ventral mesentery

id

UBERON:0005626