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Descriptor English: Mesenteric Artery, Superior
Descriptor Spanish: Arteria Mesentérica Superior
Descriptor arteria mesentérica superior
Scope note: Un gran vaso que irriga en toda su extensión al intestino delgado con excepción de la parte superior del duodeno. También irriga el ciego y la parte ascendente del colon y alrededor de la mitad de la parte transversal del colon. Asciende desde la superficie anterior de la aorta debajo de la arteria celíaca a nivel de la primera vértebra lumbar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artéria Mesentérica Superior
Descriptor French: Artère mésentérique supérieure
Entry term(s): Arteries, Superior Mesenteric
Artery, Superior Mesenteric
Mesenteric Arteries, Superior
Superior Mesenteric Arteries
Superior Mesenteric Artery
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.565.755
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017538
Scope note: A large vessel supplying the whole length of the small intestine except the superior part of the duodenum. It also supplies the cecum 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 celiac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra.
Annotation: disease is usually MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION but coord IM with MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR (NIM); embolism or thrombosis: coord NIM with MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION (IM) + EMBOLISM or THROMBOSIS (IM); duodenal compression by this artery = SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mesenteric Arteries (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Related: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome MeSH
DeCS ID: 30657
Unique ID: D017538
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2018/07/01
Mesenteric Artery, Superior - Preferred
Concept UI M0026596
Scope note A large vessel supplying the whole length of the small intestine except the superior part of the duodenum. It also supplies the cecum 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 celiac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra.
Preferred term Mesenteric Artery, Superior
Entry term(s) Arteries, Superior Mesenteric
Artery, Superior Mesenteric
Mesenteric Arteries, Superior
Superior Mesenteric Arteries
Superior Mesenteric Artery



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