Preferred Label : mesenteric artery, inferior;
MeSH definition : 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 of the rectum. It is
smaller than the superior mesenteric artery (MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR) and arises
from the aorta above its bifurcation into the common iliac arteries.;
MeSH synonym : arteries, inferior mesenteric; artery, inferior mesenteric; inferior mesenteric arteries; inferior mesenteric artery; mesenteric arteries, inferior;
MeSH annotation : disease is usually MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION but coord IM with MESENTERIC ARTERY,
INFERIOR (NIM); embolism or thrombosis: coord NIM with MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION
(IM) EMBOLISM or THROMBOSIS (IM);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior mesenteric artery;
Origin ID : D017537;
UMLS CUI : C0162860;
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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 of the rectum. It is
smaller than the superior mesenteric artery (MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR) and arises
from the aorta above its bifurcation into the common iliac arteries.
