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ASCENDING ARTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ascending artery mean?
• ASCENDING ARTERY (noun)
The noun ASCENDING ARTERY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon
Familiarity information: ASCENDING ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("ascending artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Holonyms ("ascending artery" is a part of...):
ascending colon (the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon)
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