{"term":{"id":"11082","title":"peritoneum","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - peritoneum","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.11082","code":"11082","status":"current","synonym":"<em>synonym<\/em>: peritoneal membrane","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Thin double layer of mesothelium and irregular connective tissue that lines the abdominal cavity and covers most of the abdominal organs.","notes":{"1":"The two layers of the peritoneum consist of the parietal peritoneum that lines the abdominal wall and the visceral peritoneum that covers the abdominal organs."},"links":[{"term":"abdominal cavity","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10318"},{"term":"connective tissue","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10556"},{"term":"mesothelium","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10948"},{"term":"parietal","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11072"},{"term":"peritoneal cavity","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11081"},{"term":"visceral","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11374"}],"sources":["PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 791 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-1202)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11082\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11082\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11082\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'peritoneum' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.11082","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-05-09T21:35:34+00:00"}}