In anatomy, a mesentery is a part of the peritoneum that connects an internal organ, such as the small intestine, to the abdominal wall.
THE mesentery refers to the mesentery responsible for connecting the small intestines to the backwall. It does this by long veins branching out directly out of the center of the sack which enclose the organs. The organ receives its blood supply, lymph drainage and nerves through the mesentery. Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... In higher vertebrates, the peritoneum is the membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity - it covers most of the intra-abdominal organs. ... In biology, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ... Diagram showing the poop shoot In biology the small intestine is the part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and the large intestine (colon). ... Template:In progress The human abdomen (from the Latin word meaning belly) is the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax. ... Diagram showing the poop shoot In biology the small intestine is the part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and the large intestine (colon). ... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... In mammals including humans, the lymphatic vessels (or lymphatics) are a network of thin tubes that branch, like blood vessels, into tissues throughout the body. ... A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers or axons, which includes the glia that ensheath the axons in myelin. ...

In invertebrate animals, the term mesentery is also used for any tissue that divides the body cavity (coelom) into partitions.