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Categories: Arteries of the abdomen

superior mesenteric artery Arteria mesenterica superior Mesenteric artery, superior SMA Superior mesenteria arteries

Originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon WordNet 3.0

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Originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In human anatomy, the superior mesenteric artery is an artery which arises from the anterior surface of the abdominal aorta, just inferior to the origin of the celiac trunk, and supplies blood to the intestine from the lower part of the duodenum through two-thirds of the transverse colon, as well as the pancreas. Wikipedia

Pancreatic cancer Wikidata

IS A

mesenteric artery

artery

PART OF

mesenteric artery

HAS KIND

superior mesenteric artery syndrome

middle colic artery

inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

ANATOMICAL BRANCH OF

abdominal aorta