Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun superior_mesenteric_artery

1 sense of superior mesenteric artery

Sense 1
superior mesenteric artery -- (originates from the upper part of the aorta that supplies the small intestines and the cecum and the colon)
       => mesenteric artery, arteria mesenterica -- (one of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines)