INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior mesenteric artery mean? 

• INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY (noun)
  The noun INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. arises near the lower end of the aorta and supplies the large intestine

  Familiarity information: INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arises near the lower end of the aorta and supplies the large intestine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("inferior mesenteric artery" is a kind of...):

arteria mesenterica; mesenteric artery (one of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines)

 Context examples 

Either of three branches (colica sinistra, sigmoid artery, or superior hemorrhoidal artery) arising from the inferior mesenteric artery.

(Inferior Mesenteric Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

The aortic branches include terminal branches called the common iliac arteries, the celiac artery, the superior mesenteric artery, the inferior mesenteric artery, the renal arteries, the suprarenal arteries, the testicular (internal spermatic) arteries, the ovarian arteries, the inferior phrenic arteries, lumbar arteries and the middle sacral artery.

(Abdominal Aorta Branch, NCI Thesaurus)