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ventral mesogastrium
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Portion of ventral mesentery closest to the stomach. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral_mesentery ]
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Label
ventral mesogastrium
Subsets
vertebrate_core
comment
"The primitive gut is enveloped by a mesentery that has a dorsal and a ventral aspect. The ventral mesentery degenerates during development with the exception of the foregut ventral mesentery, which develops into specialized structures (see foregut embryology)" [http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/embryology/gi/pgm.htm]. todo - check
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external definition
The mesentery that originates from the ventral side of the peritoneal cavity.[TAO], The ventral sheet of the primitive mesentery that encloses the stomach. The lesser omentum develops from the ventral mesogastrium. [TFD][VHOG]
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uberon
has related synonym
foregut ventral mesentery
id
UBERON:0005626
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