The mesentery consists of two layers of peritoneum enclosing the small bowel and containing the jejunal and iliac branches of the superior mesenteric artery with their accompanying veins, nerve plexuses, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, connective tissue and fat (Figure 1).TABLE I 210 RadioGraphics May 1982 Volume 2, Number 2 Whitley, et at.
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