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MESENTERIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in a mesentery

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mesentery (a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines)

Derivation:

mesentery (a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies blood to the terminal ileum and ascending colon.

(Ileo-Colic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel running parallel to the ileocolic artery that drains blood from the terminal ileum and ascending colon into the superior mesenteric vein.

(Ileocolic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The aortic branches include terminal branches called the common iliac arteries, the celiac artery, the superior mesenteric artery, the inferior mesenteric artery, the renal arteries, the suprarenal arteries, the testicular (internal spermatic) arteries, the ovarian arteries, the inferior phrenic arteries, lumbar arteries and the middle sacral artery.

(Abdominal Aorta Branch, NCI Thesaurus)