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mesocolon
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mesocolon /meso·co·lon/ (-ko´lon) the peritoneal process attaching the colon to the posterior abdominal wall, and called ascending, descending, etc., according to the portion of colon to which it attaches.mesocol´ic
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Mesocolon.

mes·o·co·lon (mz-kln)
n.
The fold of peritoneum attaching the colon to the posterior abdominal wall.

meso·colic (-klk, -klk) adj.

mesocolon [mez″o-ko´lon]
the peritoneal process attaching the colon to the posterior abdominal wall, and called ascending, descending, or transverse, according to the portion of the colon to which it attaches.
pelvic mesocolon (sigmoid mesocolon) the peritoneum attaching the sigmoid colon to the posterior abdominal wall.

mesocolon
the mesentery that attaches the colon to the dorsal abdominal wall; it is called ascending, descending or transverse, according to the portion of the colon to which it attaches.

ascending mesocolon
see mesocolon (above).
pelvic mesocolon
the peritoneum attaching the sigmoid colon to the dorsal abdominal wall. Called also sigmoid megacolon.
sigmoid mesocolon
see pelvic megacolon (above).


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