ascending artery

1. 1.

   the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon

   Synonymsarteria ascendens

   Broaderartery

   Part ofascending colon

Questions about ascending artery

What does ascending artery mean?

ascending artery means "the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon".

What is another word for ascending artery?

Close synonyms include arteria ascendens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.