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Descriptor English: Mesenteric Artery, Inferior
Descriptor Spanish: Arteria Mesentérica Inferior
Descriptor arteria mesentérica inferior
Scope note: La arteria que irriga casi toda la mitad izquierda del colon transverso, todo el colon descendente, el colon sigmoide y la mayor parte del recto. Es más pequeña que la arteria mesentérica superior (ARTERIA MESÉNTERICA SUPERIOR) y asciende desde la aorta por encima de su bifurcación en las arterias ilíacas comunes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artéria Mesentérica Inferior
Descriptor French: Artère mésentérique inférieure
Entry term(s): Arteries, Inferior Mesenteric
Artery, Inferior Mesenteric
Inferior Mesenteric Arteries
Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Mesenteric Arteries, Inferior
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.565.510
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017537
Scope note: The artery supplying nearly all the left half of the transverse colon, the whole of the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the greater part of the rectum. It is smaller than the superior mesenteric artery (MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR) and arises from the aorta above its bifurcation into the common iliac arteries.
Annotation: disease is usually MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION but coord IM with MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR (NIM); embolism or thrombosis: coord NIM with MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION (IM) + EMBOLISM or THROMBOSIS (IM)
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
DeCS ID: 30658
Unique ID: D017537
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2018/07/01
Mesenteric Artery, Inferior - Preferred
Concept UI M0026595
Scope note The artery supplying nearly all the left half of the transverse colon, the whole of the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the greater part of the rectum. It is smaller than the superior mesenteric artery (MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR) and arises from the aorta above its bifurcation into the common iliac arteries.
Preferred term Mesenteric Artery, Inferior
Entry term(s) Arteries, Inferior Mesenteric
Artery, Inferior Mesenteric
Inferior Mesenteric Arteries
Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Mesenteric Arteries, Inferior



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