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Definition of Pancreatic artery
1. Noun. A branch of the splenic artery that supplies the pancreas.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pancreatic Artery
Literary usage of Pancreatic artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Physiology by Robley Dunglison (1846)
"We see the pancreatic artery pass to the pancreas, ramify in its tissue, ...
Yet if we follow the pancreatic artery as far back as the eye can carry us, ..."
2. Diseases of the Liver, Pancreas and Suprarenal Capsules by Reginald Heber Fitz, Leopold Oser, Frederick A. Packard (1903)
"These were surrounded by lobules which appeared as usual. The pancreatic artery
and its traceable branches were thick-walled and frequently calcified. ..."
3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... increased now of pancreatic secretion. P. solution. See LIQUOR PANCREATICUS.
Pancreatica (pan-cri-at'i-ca). The pancreatic artery. ..."
4. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"It can be found by its white color and close relation to the large pancreatic
artery. After reaching the neck it turns downward, backward, and to the right ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"At the autopsy there was found a moderate general arteriosclerosis which manifested
itself most markedly in the pancreatic artery. The wall of this vessel ..."
6. A Manual of human anatomy arranged for second-year students by John Mumford Swan (1898)
"The small pancreatic arteries supply the pancreas. The large pancreatic artery,
larger than the other pancreatic vessels, is distributed to the pancreas. ..."
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