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GASTRIC ARTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The arteries that supply the walls of the stomach
Synonyms:
arteria gastrica; gastric artery
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gastric artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gastric artery"):
ateria gastrica dextra; right gastric artery (a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature)
arteria gastrica sinistra; left gastric artery (a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus)
arteria gastrica breves; short gastric artery; vasa brevis (several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach)
Holonyms ("gastric artery" is a part of...):
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
