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ileal diverticulum

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diverticulum /di·ver·tic·u·lum/ (di″ver-tik´u-lum) pl. diverti´cula   a circumscribed pouch or sac occurring normally or created by herniation of the lining mucous membrane through a defect in the muscular coat of a tubular organ.
allantoic diverticulum  the endodermal sacculation that becomes the allantois; in humans it is an outpouching of the caudal wall of the yolk sac that becomes the urachus.
ileal diverticulum , Meckel's diverticulum an occasional sacculation or appendage of the ileum, derived from an unobliterated yolk stalk.

ileal diverticulum.


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