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    GASTRIC ARTERY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The arteries that supply the walls of the stomachplay

    Synonyms:

    arteria gastrica; gastric artery

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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)

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