the abdominal coelom is called... - ANSWER peritoneal cavity
the peritoneal cavity and the abdominal viscera are lined with a serous membrane
called... - ANSWER peritoneum
the part of the peritoneum that lines the inner surface of the body wall is called... -
ANSWER parietal peritoneum
peritoneum covering the surface of abdominal viscera is called... - ANSWER visceral
peritoneum
mesenteries are... - ANSWER double layer of peritoneum
organs with mesenteries remain suspended and mobile within the peritoneal cavity.
these organs are said to be... - ANSWER intraperitoneal
organs that are not suspended and mobile within the peritoneal cavity are said to be...
(these organs are fused to the posterior abdominal wall and do not have a mesentery) -
ANSWER retroperitoneal
gut tube structures that are retroperitoneal include the... - ANSWER ascending and
descending colon, duodenum, and pancreas (also kidneys)
abdominal organs that begin as outgrowths of the gut tube... - ANSWER liver, gall
bladder, and pancreas (NOT SPLEEN)
Are the kidneys a part of the gut tube? - ANSWER NO
dorsal mesentery runs from.. - ANSWER the posterior body wall to the dorsal surface of
the stomach and the intestines
ventral mesentery runs from... - ANSWER the ventral body wall to the liver and then
from the liver to the ventral surface of the stomach
2 ventral mesenteries - ANSWER falciform ligament and lesser omentum
falciform ligament runs from... - ANSWER ventral body wall to the ventral surface of the
liver
lesser omentum runs from... - ANSWER liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach
4 dorsal mesenteries - ANSWER mesentery proper, transverse mesocolon, sigmoid
mesocolon, greater omentum