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Definition of Superior mesenteric artery
1. Noun. Originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superior Mesenteric Artery
Literary usage of Superior mesenteric artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"... with the termination of the superior mesenteric artery, forming with it an
arch, from the convexity of which branches proceed to supply the termination ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The right sympathetic trunk is concealed by the inferior vena cava. Arteria
Mesenterica Superior.—The superior mesenteric artery springs from the front of ..."
3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"The plexus accompanying the superior mesenteric artery, whiter in colour and ...
Surrounding the trunk of the superior mesenteric artery, it divides into ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... arises from about the middle of the concavity of the superior mesenteric
artery, or from a stem common to it and the ileo- colic. ..."
5. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1897)
"Aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery is of rare occurrence. Pain in the
epigastric and lumbar regions, and a demonstrable tumor IIIMF to or directly ..."
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