🧬 Meet the Mesentery – The Organ That Holds It All Together 🧬 The mesentery is more than just connective tissue—it's an essential structure that: ✔️ Anchors the intestines in place ✔️ Supports blood vessels and lymphatics ✔️ Plays a role in immune regulation and nutrient transport 🩻 This double-layered fold of the peritoneum carries: – Mesenteric arteries & veins – Lymphatic vessels – Nerves that supply the gut It’s now classified as a continuous organ, vital in both digestive health and surg

By reconstructing developing mesentery using digitized embryonic datasets, researchers report that the mesentery is a continuous organ in and on which all abdominal digestive organs develop. The findings are published in Communications Biology. Read the paper: https://go.nature.com/3gvqYh2 | Nature Portfolio