SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior mesenteric artery mean? 

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

1. originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("superior 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 

An artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the transverse colon.

(Middle Colic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the superior mesenteric artery and connecting to the superior pancreatico-duodenal artery that supplies blood to the pancreas and duodenum.

(Inferior Pancreatico-Duodenal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies blood to the terminal ileum and ascending colon.

(Ileo-Colic Artery, 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)