A new discovery regarding the human intestinal mesentery may radically change the fundamentals of anatomy and embryology and related surgical approaches. The mesenery is an obscure structure in the ...

Who knew that you would wake up one day, only to find that you have 79 organs – rather than the 78 you went to sleep with? It didn't exactly happen this way, but the classification of the mesentery as ...

The mesentery, long considered to be a fragmented and complex structure connecting the intestine to the abdomen, has been reclassified as a single, continuous organ by researchers at the University of ...

Over a century ago, when scientists were classifying the body’s organs, one was short shrifted, according to researchers who say part of the digestive system deserves to be upgraded to organ status.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- A surgeon from Ireland has discovered a new organ in the human body. J. Calvin Coffey, a professor of surgery at the University of Limerick's Graduate Entry Medical School, ...

In case you’ve ever wondered what connects your intestine to your abdomen, there’s a word – and now, a single organ – for that: the mesentery. But don’t worry; you haven’t grown a new organ. It’s ...

Forget what you were told in biology class, as researchers have classified a brand-new organ inside the human body. The mesentery was long-believed to be made up of separate structures, but a new ...

A mighty membrane that twists and turns through the gut is starting the new year with a new classification: Scientists are proposing that the structure, called the mesentery, be upgraded to an organ.

J. Calvin Coffey, professor of surgery at University of Limerick’s Graduate Entry Medical School, who argued successfully for the reclassification of the mesentery as an organ. University of Limerick ...

In January 2017, a story begging to go viral fell onto writers’ laps: We have a new organ called the mesentery, which is a broad, fan-shaped fold that lines the guts. Here at Discoverwe pounced on the ...

A new organ has been discovered hiding in plain sight inside the human body. Known as the mesentery, it was previously thought to be just a few fragmented structures in the digestive system. But ...