short gastric artery

1. 1.

   several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach

   Synonymsarteria gastrica brevesvasa brevis

   Broadergastric artery

Questions about short gastric artery

What does short gastric artery mean?

short gastric artery means "several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach".

What is another word for short gastric artery?

Close synonyms include arteria gastrica breves, vasa brevis. 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.