omphalomesentericn.adj.
/ˌɒmfələʊˌmɛs(ə)nˈtɛrɪk/, /ˌɒmfələʊˌmɛz(ə)nˈtɛrɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑmfəloʊˌmɛzənˈtɛrɪk/ Anatomy and Embryology.† A. n.
A vitelline artery or vein. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > artery > [noun] > types of
preparing vessela1618
pulmonary artery1679
arteriole1685
mammary1697
omphalomesenteric1728
collateral arteriesa1788
perforator1824
vas vasorum1848
comes1875
synangium1875
loop-artery1899
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) [The fœtus of] the Dog, Cat, Hare, &c. have a fourth [membrane]..call'd Omphalo-Mesenterics.
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2266/1 Some [fœtuses] as the dog, cat, hare, &c., have a fourth [membrane], which has two blood vessels, viz. a vein and an artery, called omphalo-mesenterics, because passing along the string to the navel, and terminating in the mesentery.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the umbilicus (navel) and the mesentery; spec. designating fetal structures that connect the yolk sac or umbilical vesicle with the embryonic gut (now usually called vitelline).
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the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [adjective] > abdomen > membranes of
mesaraica1400
zirbal?a1425
mesaraical1569
meserenical1578
mesenterial1605
mesenteric1615
mesenterical1615
epiploic1656
omental1739
peritoneal1766
omphalomesenteric1797
mesocolic1825
intraperitoneal1835
retroperitoneal1835
mesogastric1843
mesenteriform1846
pleuroperitoneal1870
mesoarial1875
transperitoneal1891
transperitone1899
ventriculoperitoneal1913
1797 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 204 The omphalo-mesenteric artery was very distinct.
1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 337 The third vessel passed between the convolutions of the small intestine, along the mesentery, to the abdominal aorta, corresponding to an omphalo-mesenteric or vitelline artery.
1861 J. C. Dalton Treat. Human Physiol. (ed. 2) 650 They give off..many small lateral branches..and also two larger branches—the omphalo-mesenteric arteries—which pass out, as above described, into the area vasculosa.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 710 The persistence of the omphalo-mesenteric or vitelline duct.
1929 Q. Rev. Biol. 4 198/1 On p. 59..he describes accurately the formation of the liver in relation to the omphalo-mesenteric veins.
1966 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 165 57 The yolk sac is anatomically a diverticulum of the gut and substances derived by the epithelial cells of the endoderm are passed to the liver via the omphalo-mesenteric veins and portal system.
2002 Surg. Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 12 190 We have diagnosed one case of..acute abdomen masquerading as acute appendicitis but actually involving omphalomesenteric duct cyst torsion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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