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The small and large intestines are suspended from the posterior abdominal wall by the?

The mesentary


What is the importance of the mesentery in the fetal pig?

In the fetal pig, the mesentery is important for connecting the intestines to the abdominal wall. It provides support and allows for the passage of blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic vessels to and from the intestines. It also helps in maintaining the position and organization of the intestines inside the abdominal cavity.


What is the difference between the mesentery and the mesocolon?

The mesentery is a fold of tissue that attaches the intestines to the abdominal wall and contains blood vessels and nerves. The mesocolon is a specific part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall. Essentially, the mesentery is a larger structure that includes the mesocolon as one of its components.


What is the name of the structure called where the small and large intestine meet?

small intestines makes the transition to the large intestines here through what is called the ileocecal valve.


What is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent is called?

An ocean is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent. Oceans cover about 71% of the Earth's surface.


Extension of the peritoneum that is shaped like a giant pleated fan?

Greater omentum. It is a large fold of peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach, extending over the intestines like a draped apron. Its shape resembles a giant pleated fan.


What is the little pouch called where the small intestines joins with the large intestine?

The small intestines joins the large intestines at the cecum. The cecum isn't really a pouch, but the appendix, which is a pouch, is also attached to the cecum.


The small and large intestines are known by the general term?

what is the process of excretion called


What is the process that water is moved from the large intestines to the blood stream?

its called absorbation


Does eating to much causes damage to the large intestines?

it can cause the small intestines to stretch but i dont know about the large intestines


What organ water is remove until the waste is solid?

The large intestine


Are there another word for large intestines?

Colon is another word for the large intestine