(Northern England) Myself.

A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).

(anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.

(anatomy) That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc

Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.

plural of mesencephalon

plural of mesentery

(anatomy) Relating to the mesentery.

plural of mesenterium

(anatomy) The mesentery.