Biomaterial Database

The pattern of arteriosclerotic narrowing of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. 1959

J R DERRICK, and H S POLLARD, and R M MOORE

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008638	Mesenteric Arteries	Arteries which arise from the abdominal aorta and distribute to most of the intestines.	Arteries, Mesenteric,Artery, Mesenteric,Mesenteric Artery
D004194	Disease	A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.	Diseases
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001011	Aorta	The main trunk of the systemic arteries.	Aortas
D001018	Aortic Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the AORTA.	Aortic Disease,Disease, Aortic,Diseases, Aortic
D001158	Arteries	The vessels carrying blood away from the heart.	Artery
D001162	Arteriosclerosis Obliterans	Common occlusive arterial disease which is caused by ATHEROSCLEROSIS. It is characterized by lesions in the innermost layer (ARTERIAL INTIMA) of arteries including the AORTA and its branches to the extremities. Risk factors include smoking, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, and HYPERTENSION.	Obliterans, Arteriosclerosis
D017538	Mesenteric Artery, Superior	A large vessel supplying the whole length of the small intestine except the superior part of the duodenum. It also supplies the cecum and the ascending part of the colon and about half the transverse part of the colon. It arises from the anterior surface of the aorta below the celiac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra.	Arteries, Superior Mesenteric,Artery, Superior Mesenteric,Mesenteric Arteries, Superior,Superior Mesenteric Arteries,Superior Mesenteric Artery