Terms Related to Inferior Mesenteric Artery

• Superior Mesenteric Artery

  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 …

• Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome

  Duodenal obstruction caused by compression of the third part of the duodenum by the root of the intestinal mesentery which contains the superior mesenteric artery, …

• Epigastric Artery

  Inferior and external epigastric arteries arise from external iliac; superficial from femoral; superior from internal thoracic. They supply the abdominal muscles, diaphragm, iliac region, and …

• Mesenteric Duodenal Compression Syndrome

  Duodenal obstruction caused by compression of the third part of the duodenum by the root of the intestinal mesentery which contains the superior mesenteric artery, …

• Mesenteric Artery

  Arteries which arise from the abdominal aorta and distribute to most of the intestines.

• Mesenteric Vein

  Veins which return blood from the intestines; the inferior mesenteric vein empties into the splenic vein, the superior mesenteric vein joins the splenic vein to …

• Cast Syndrome

  Duodenal obstruction caused by compression of the third part of the duodenum by the root of the intestinal mesentery which contains the superior mesenteric artery, …