Terms Related to Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• Portal Vein

  A short thick vein formed by union of the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein.

• Superior Thoracic Aperture Syndrome

  A neurovascular syndrome associated with compression of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; and SUBCLAVIAN VEIN at the superior thoracic outlet. This may result from a ...

• 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 ...

• Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

  Obstruction of the superior vena cava caused by neoplasm, thrombosis, aneurysm, or external compression and causing suffusion and/or cyanosis of the face, neck, and upper ...