ARTERIA ASCENDENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria ascendens mean? 

• ARTERIA ASCENDENS (noun)
  The noun ARTERIA ASCENDENS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon

  Familiarity information: ARTERIA ASCENDENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA ASCENDENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ascendens; ascending artery

Hypernyms ("arteria ascendens" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("arteria ascendens" is a part of...):

ascending colon (the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon)