The term "'mesenteric artery "'is also used to describe smaller branches of these vessels which, particularly in smaller animals, provide a significant source of vascular resistance.
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SMA Syndrome is characterised by compression of the duodenum between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery, and may & mdash; when congenital & mdash; result from a short suspensory muscle.
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The nerves composing this plexus are white in color and firm in texture; in the upper part of the plexus close to the origin of the superior mesenteric artery is the superior mesenteric ganglion.
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The uncinate process, unlike the remainder of the organ, passes posteriorly to the superior mesenteric vein ( it can pass posteriorly to the superior mesenteric artery, but this is less common ).
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The preaortic lymph nodes receive a few vessels from the lateral aortic lymph nodes, but their principal afferents are derived from the organs supplied by the three arteries with which they are associated the inferior mesenteric arteries.
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The proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon is perfused by the middle colic artery, a branch of the superior mesenteric artery ( SMA ), while the latter third is supplied by branches of the inferior mesenteric artery ( IMA ).
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The proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon is perfused by the middle colic artery, a branch of the superior mesenteric artery ( SMA ), while the latter third is supplied by branches of the inferior mesenteric artery ( IMA ).
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Generally this anomalous source is the superior mesenteric artery or more rarely the abdominal aorta, producing what has been described as a " replacing right hepatic artery ", passing through the hepatobiliary triangle and running posterior and parallel to the cystic duct.
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Of note, the splenic flexure, or the junction between the transverse and descending colon, is supplied by the most distal portions of both the inferior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric artery, and is thus referred to medically as a shock.
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Of note, the splenic flexure, or the junction between the transverse and descending colon, is supplied by the most distal portions of both the inferior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric artery, and is thus referred to medically as a shock.
