MESENTERIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesenteric artery mean? 

• MESENTERIC ARTERY (noun)
  The noun MESENTERIC ARTERY 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: MESENTERIC ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESENTERIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria mesenterica; mesenteric artery

Hypernyms ("mesenteric artery" 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 "mesenteric artery"):

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)

 Context examples 

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

(Middle Colic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes the mesenteric arteries, the renal arteries and the aorta.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This includes the mesenteric arteries, the renal arteries and the aorta and excludes cerebrovascular arterial disease.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, 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)

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)