The portion of this mesentery attached to the greater curvature of the stomach is named the dorsal mesogastrium, and the part which suspends the colon is termed the mesocolon (Fig. 985).    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2. The Digestive Apparatus] Reference

Diagrams to illustrate the development of the greater omentum and transverse mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrations. Fig. 990] Reference

In addition to these there are sometimes present an ascending and a descending mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference

Sometimes the peritoneum completely invests it, and forms a distinct but narrow mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference

The mesenteries are: the mesentery proper, the transverse mesocolon, and the sigmoid mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference

The transverse mesocolon separates the stomach from the duodenojejunal flexure and small intestine.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach] Reference

In twenty-two there was a descending mesocolon, but no trace of a corresponding fold on the other side.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference

It is impossible to comprehend this extent of straightening of the intestine without great twisting of the mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

The other half of the fork was found to be closely enveloped by the origin of the mesocolon, which was red, hard, and inflamed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dog] Reference

This is the orifice leading to the intersigmoid fossa, which lies behind the sigmoid mesocolon, and in front of the parietal peritoneum.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference

The sigmoid mesocolon (mesocolon sigmoideum) is the fold of peritoneum which retains the sigmoid colon in connection with the pelvic wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference

From this it sweeps down over the aorta into the pelvis, where it invests the sigmoid colon, its reduplication forming the sigmoid mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference

Society of a very large number of spleens found in the mesogastrium, peritoneum, on the mesentery and transverse mesocolon, in Douglas 'pouch, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Treves states that, after a careful examination of one hundred subjects, he found that in fifty-two there was neither an ascending nor a descending mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference

It follows, therefore, that in performing lumbar colotomy a mesocolon may be expected upon the left side in 36 per cent. of all cases, and on the right in 26 per cent.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference

Young speaks of a fetus which lay encysted between the laminae of the transverse mesocolon, and Highmore published a report of a fetus in a cyst communicating with the duodenum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

It is almost completely invested by peritoneum, and is connected to the inferior border of the pancreas by a large and wide duplicature of that membrane, the transverse mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference

Young 5.74 speaks of a fetus which lay encysted between the laminæ of the transverse mesocolon, and Highmore published a report of a fetus in a cyst communicating with the duodenum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

The lower part of the right half, below the transverse colon, is covered by peritoneum continuous with the inferior layer of the transverse mesocolon, and is in contact with the coils of the small intestine.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2j. The Pancreas] Reference

In fourteen subjects there was a mesocolon to both the ascending and the descending segments of the bowel; while in the remaining twelve there was an ascending mesocolon, but no corresponding fold on the left side.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference

Albrecht 6.306 mentions a case shown at a meeting of the Vienna Medical Society of a very large number of spleens found in the mesogastrium, peritoneum, on the mesentery and transverse mesocolon, in Douglas 'pouch, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

The ascending branch crosses in front of the left kidney and ends, between the two layers of the transverse mesocolon, by anastomosing with the middle colic artery; the descending branch anastomoses with the highest sigmoid artery.    From Wordnik.com.  [VI. The Arteries. 5a. 2. The Abdominal Aorta] Reference

It crosses the left common iliac artery and is continued into the lesser pelvis under the name of the superior hemorrhoidal artery, which descends between the two layers of the sigmoid mesocolon and ends on the upper part of the rectum.    From Wordnik.com.  [VI. The Arteries. 5a. 2. The Abdominal Aorta] Reference

The Mesocolic Glands (lymphoglandulæ mesocolicæ) are numerous, and lie between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, in close relation to the transverse colon; they are best developed in the neighborhood of the right and left colic flexures.    From Wordnik.com.  [VIII. The Lymphatic System. 6. The Lymphatics of the Abdomen and Pelvis] Reference

Upon drawing the sigmoid colon upward, the left surface of the sigmoid mesocolon is exposed, and on it will be seen a funnel-shaped recess of the peritoneum, lying on the external iliac vessels, in the interspace between the Psoas and Iliacus muscles.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference

The Postero-inferior Surface is in relation with the diaphragm, the spleen, the left suprarenal gland, the upper part of the front of the left kidney, the anterior surface of the pancreas, the left colic flexure, and the upper layer of the transverse mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach] Reference

From the free margin of this fold it is reflected upward on itself to the anterior and superior surfaces of the transverse colon, and thence as the superior layer of the transverse mesocolon to the anterior border of the pancreas, the level from which a start was made.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference

The anterior border (margo anterior) separates the anterior from the inferior surface, and along this border the two layers of the transverse mesocolon diverge from one another; one passing upward over the anterior surface, the other backward over the inferior surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2j. The Pancreas] Reference

The inferior mesenteric glands (Fig. 617) consist of: (a) small glands on the branches of the left colic and sigmoid arteries; (b) a group in the sigmoid mesocolon, around the superior hemorrhoidal artery; and (c) a pararectal group in contact with the muscular coat of the rectum.    From Wordnik.com.  [VIII. The Lymphatic System. 6. The Lymphatics of the Abdomen and Pelvis] Reference

It is completely surrounded by peritoneum, which forms a mesentery (sigmoid mesocolon), which diminishes in length from the center toward the ends of the loop, where it disappears, so that the loop is fixed at its junctions with the iliac colon and rectum, but enjoys a considerable range of movement in its central portion.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference

The Middle Colic Artery (a. colica media) arises from the superior mesenteric just below the pancreas and, passing downward and forward between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, divides into two branches, right and left; the former anastomoses with the right colic; the latter with the left colic, a branch of the inferior mesenteric.    From Wordnik.com.  [VI. The Arteries. 5a. 2. The Abdominal Aorta] Reference

990– Diagrams to illustrate the development of the greater omentum and transverse mesocolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2. The Digestive Apparatus] Reference

172 The transverse colon is almost completely invested, the parts corresponding to the attachment of the greater omentum and transverse mesocolon being alone excepted.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference