See Also: superior mesenteric artery(medicine)
mesenteric artery, superior(medicine)
superior mesenteric artery syndrome(medicine)
superior mesenteric plexus(medicine)
superior mesenteric ganglion(medicine)
superior mesenteric vein(medicine)
superior mesenteric lymph nodes(medicine)
Artery, mesenteric(health)
mesenteric artery occlusion(medicine)
mesenteric artery, inferior(medicine)

mesenteric artery, superior (medicine)


mesenteric artery, superior


A large vessel supplying the whole length of the small intestine except the superior part of the duodenum. It also supplies the caecum and the ascending part of the colon and about half the transverse part of the colon. It arises from the anterior surface of the aorta below the coeliac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra.