Superior mesenteric artery
arteria mesenterica superior
The part of the digestive tube derived from the midgut (jejunum, ileum, cecum, appendix, ascending colon and transverse colon), proximal to the left colic flexure.

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Related clinical cases
- Intestinal ischemia
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