ARTERIA MESENTERICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria mesenterica mean? 

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

1. one of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA MESENTERICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria mesenterica; mesenteric artery

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria mesenterica"):

inferior mesenteric artery (arises near the lower end of the aorta and supplies the large intestine)

superior mesenteric artery (originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon)