Cardiovascular system
Superior mesenteric artery
Arteria mesenteries superior
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Abdominal aorta
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In human anatomy, the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) arises from the anterior surface of the abdominal aorta, just inferior to the origin of the celiac trunk, and supplies blood to the intestine from the lower part of the duodenum through two-thirds of the transverse colon, as well as the pancreas.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Arteria mesenteries superior
- English
- Superior mesenteric artery
- French
- Artère mésentérique supérieure
- Spanish
- Arteria mesentérica superior
- Portuguese
- Artéria mesentérica superior