gastric artery
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1. the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach (noun.body)
hypernym | : | arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery, |
definition | : | a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | ateria gastrica dextra, right gastric artery, |
definition | : | a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | arteria gastrica sinistra, left gastric artery, |
definition | : | a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | arteria gastrica breves, short gastric artery, vasa brevis, |
definition | : | several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy, |
definition | : | an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion (noun.body) |
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