SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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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)

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