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Definition of Intestinal artery

1. Noun. An artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum.

2. Noun. Branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intestinal Artery

interzygapophyseal intestability intestable intestableness intestacies intestacy intestate intestates intestinal intestinal 15 kD protein

intestinal anastomosis intestinal angina intestinal anthrax intestinal arterial arcades intestinal arteries intestinal artery (current term) intestinal calcium-binding protein intestinal calculus intestinal capillariasis intestinal colic

intestinal digestion intestinal emphysema intestinal epithelium intestinal fistula intestinal flora intestinal flu intestinal follicles intestinal fortitude

Literary usage of Intestinal artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Alligator and Its Allies by Albert Moore Reese (1915)
"... gastric vein of portal. g1, gastric vein of epigastric. ga, gastric artery, ghi, gastro-hepatico-intestinal artery. h, hepatic portal vein. he1, he2, ..."

2. ... The Blood-vascular System of the Loricati, the Mailcheeked Fishes by William Fitch Allen (1905)
"intestinal artery(n- Int.A.(1«). Dorsal branch of intestinal ... intestinal artery(2). Intc.A. Intercostal arteries. Intc.V. Intercostal veins. ..."

3. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals by Richard Owen (1855)
"According to the second explanation, the heart transmits the arterial blood by the intestinal artery to the oesophagus, intestine, and rectum, ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"... that according to Tiede- mann's description, 11 are the intestinal veins, which receive the blood from kk the intestinal artery, and carry it by the ..."

5. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"Heart. 30. Sternal artery. 31. Supra-intestinal artery. 32. Sub-intestinal artery in abdomen. 33. Sub-intestinal artery in thorax. 34. Ophthalmic artery. ..."

6. Circulars by Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University (1900)
"A few millimeters anterior to the heart it gives ofl" a elender branch (the intestinal artery, 5) which runs back in the membrane uniting the two portions ..."

7. The Natural History of Some Common Animals by Oswald Hawkins Latter (1904)
"Sub-intestinal artery in abdomen. 33. Sub-intestinal artery in thorax. 34. Ophthalmic artery. 35. Antennary artery. 36. Hepatic artery. 37. Testis. 38. ..."

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