ARTERIA GASTRICA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The arteries that supply the walls of the stomach

Synonyms:

arteria gastrica; gastric artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arteria gastrica" 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 "arteria gastrica"):

ateria gastrica dextra; right gastric artery (a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature)

arteria gastrica sinistra; left gastric artery (a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus)

arteria gastrica breves; short gastric artery; vasa brevis (several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach)

Holonyms ("arteria gastrica" is a part of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)