Mesenteric Circulation:

Terms Related to Mesenteric Circulation

• Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion

  Obstruction of the flow in the mesenteric circulation by atherosclerosis, emboli or thrombi, stenosis, trauma, and compression or intrinsic pressure from adjacent tumors. Rare causes ...

• 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 ...

• Mesenteric Lymphadenitis

  Inflammation of the mesenteric lymph nodes.

• Inferior Mesenteric Artery

  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 ...

• 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, ...