Word Meanings - MESORECTUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. -- Mes`o*rec"tal, a.

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• MESENTERY
  The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum
• ATTACH
  tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to
• PERITONEUM
  The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac.
• ATTACHABLE
  Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
• ATTACHE
  One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
• RECTUM
  The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
• ATTACHMENT
  1. The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; anas, an attachment to a friend, or to a party. 2. That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
• HYDROPERITONEUM
  See ASCITES
• PLEUROPERITONEUM
  The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided. Note: Peritoneum
• REATTACHMENT
  The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
• LATUS RECTUM
  The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter.
• MESORECTUM
  The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. -- Mes`o*rec"tal, a.
• UNATTACHED
  Not assigned to any company or regiment. (more info) 1. Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.
• REATTACH
  To attach again.