ASCENDING ARTERY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon

Synonyms:

arteria ascendens; ascending artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ascending artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("ascending artery" is a part of...):

ascending colon (the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon)

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