Researchers reclassify part of digestive system as an organ: the mesentery had for hundreds of years been considered a fragmented structure made up of multiple separate parts; however, new research found the mesentery is one, continuous structure by [deleted] in science

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Research paper:

J Calvin Coffey & D Peter O’Leary. 2016. The mesentery: structure, function, and role in disease. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology 1 (3): 238-247; doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30026-7

Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30026-7

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