Mesenteric Bones

Todayโ€™s path rounds are on ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐›๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ!

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?
๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐›๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ are bony formations in the ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (the membrane that holds the intestine in place). These bones are not supposed to be there, so this is a form of ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐š (one cell type replacing another).

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?
This is most commonly seen in pigs.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ? ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ?
There is no known cause for these bones to form, however it has been speculated that they might develop in response to previous inflammation. These bony structures appear to cause no issues for the pig!

๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ
1-4) Mesenteric bones from pigs.

๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ
Photos 1-4 ยฉ Noahโ€™s Arkive contributor King licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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