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ASCENDING ARTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon
Synonyms:
arteria ascendens; ascending artery
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ascending artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Holonyms ("ascending artery" is a part of...):
ascending colon (the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon)
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