ILEOCOLIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ileocolic artery mean? 

• ILEOCOLIC ARTERY (noun)
  The noun ILEOCOLIC ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILEOCOLIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ileocolica; ileocolic artery

Hypernyms ("ileocolic artery" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A blood vessel running parallel to the ileocolic artery that drains blood from the terminal ileum and ascending colon into the superior mesenteric vein.

(Ileocolic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)