Editing Mesentery (section)

====Ventral mesentery====
The development of the [[septum transversum]] takes part in the formation of the [[Thoracic diaphragm|diaphragm]], while the caudal portion into which the [[liver]] grows forms the '''ventral mesentery'''. The part of the ventral mesentery that attaches to the [[stomach]] is known as the '''ventral mesogastrium'''.<ref name=gray>Gray's anatomy</ref>

The [[lesser omentum]] is formed, by a thinning of the [[mesoderm]] or ventral mesogastrium, which attaches the stomach and [[duodenum]] to the anterior [[abdominal wall]]. By the subsequent growth of the liver, this leaf of mesoderm is divided into two parts – the [[lesser omentum]] between the stomach and liver, and the [[Falciform ligament|falciform]] and [[coronary ligament]]s between the liver and the abdominal wall and diaphragm.<ref name=gray/>

In the adult, the ventral mesentery is the part of the [[peritoneum]] closest to the [[navel]].