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Transverse Mesocolon




  Latin mesocolon sigmoideum
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  Caption Superior and inferior duodenal fossæ (Transverse mesocolon visible at top center)
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  Caption2 Diagram showing the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera (Tranverse mesocolon labeled at center right)
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  DorlandsPre m_10
  DorlandsSuf 12526435


The transverse mesocolon is a broad fold, which connects the Transverse Colon to the posterior wall of the Abdomen .

It is continuous with the two posterior layers of the Greater Omentum , which, after separating to surround the transverse colon, join behind it, and are continued backward to the Vertebral Column , where they diverge in front of the anterior border of the Pancreas .

This fold contains between its layers the vessels which supply the transverse colon.