Portion of ventral mesentery closest to the stomach. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral_mesentery ]

This is just here as a test because I lose it

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vertebrate_core

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"The primitive gut is enveloped by a mesentery that has a dorsal and a ventral aspect. The ventral mesentery degenerates during development with the exception of the foregut ventral mesentery, which develops into specialized structures (see foregut embryology)." [http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/embryology/gi/pgm.htm]. todo - check

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foregut ventral mesentery

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UBERON:0005626

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