superior mesenteric artery

Definition

Mesenteric artery that supplies 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.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Sub-structures

• ileal artery
• ileocolic artery
• inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
• middle colic artery
• right colic artery
• trunk of superior mesenteric artery

Neighbouring structures

• aorta
• brachiocephalic artery
• celiac artery
• common iliac artery
• esophageal artery
• inferior mesenteric artery
• left common carotid artery
• left common iliac artery
• left coronary artery
• left inferior phrenic artery
• left middle suprarenal artery
• left renal artery

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Identifiers

TA2

4252

TA98

A12.2.12.053

FMA

14749

UBERON

0001182

Wikidata

Q367570