ANAT30008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Peristalsis, Endocrine System, Esophagus

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Anatomy and Neuroscience
• Course: ANAT30008
• Professor: Jason Ivanusic

Document Summary

* the abdomen extends from the diaphragm above to the pelvic cavity below and lined by the peritoneum which is single thin layer of serous membrane which lines the walls and clothes the viscera. * the peritoneum lining the wall of the abdomen is called parietal peritoneum and the peritoneum lining the viscera is called the visceral peritoneum. * between the layers of parietal peritoneum and visceral peritoneum is a potential space called the peritoneal cavity. * some viscera are retroperitoneal e. g. the kidneys that means they lie in contact with the abdominal wall behind the parietal peritoneum. * some viscera are suspended from the walls of the abdominal cavity by a double layer of peritoneum and they are intraperitoneal. So, the first function of the mesentery is to transmit the vessels and nerves supplying that particular intraperitoneal viscus from the posterior abdominal wall.