A membrane of squamous EPITHELIAL CELLS, the mesothelial cells, covered by apical MICROVILLI that allow rapid absorption of fluid and particles in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. The peritoneum is divided into parietal and visceral components. The parietal peritoneum covers the inside of the ABDOMINAL WALL. The visceral peritoneum covers the intraperitoneal organs. The double-layered peritoneum forms the MESENTERY that suspends these organs from the abdominal wall.
    

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Shoulder joint, larynx, peritoneum (?) and a reclining écorché supported by the left elbow and the outstreched right hand, seen from the front. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, partly after W. Cowper, 1813.

The stomach, peritoneum and oesophagus. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

The liver, spleen, pancreas, peritoneal relations, and biliary system in monotremes and marsupials / by William Colin MacKenzie.

Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Biologie des Peritoneums / Leif Efskind.

Surgical pathology of the peritoneum / by Arthur E. Hertzler.

The antiseptic method in relation to drainage of the peritoneum in abdominal surgery / by J. Knowsley Thornton.

An experimental and clinical study of pain in the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum / by Joseph A. Capps ; with the collaboration of George H. Coleman ; a foreword by Anton J. Carlson.

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The liver, spleen, pancreas, peritoneal relations, and biliary system in monotremes and marsupials / by William Colin MacKenzie.

Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Biologie des Peritoneums / Leif Efskind.

Surgical pathology of the peritoneum / by Arthur E. Hertzler.

The antiseptic method in relation to drainage of the peritoneum in abdominal surgery / by J. Knowsley Thornton.

An experimental and clinical study of pain in the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum / by Joseph A. Capps ; with the collaboration of George H. Coleman ; a foreword by Anton J. Carlson.