NOUN
- an artery that originates from the celiac trunk and supplies blood to the spleen
How To Use splenic artery In A Sentence
- Purpose : To explore the diagnostic value of 16 - Slice MSCT angiography of the splenic artery aneurysms ( SAA ).
- A 41-year-old white man was referred for evaluation of a splenic artery aneurysm and an acquired splenorenal venous shunt.
- Ruth was referred to a vascular surgeon to assess her splenic artery aneurysm.
- The tortuous course of the splenic artery is considered so variable that no two arteries are alike, but the tortuosity of the artery is absent in infants and children.
- When the spleen is absent, the splenic artery terminates in the pancreas.
- He underwent laparotomy with splenectomy and splenic artery resection.
- The ligatures on his splenic artery and vein had slipped.
- The gastroduodenal artery that arises from the celiac trunk, constitutes the rich arterial blood supply of the pancreas, along with the splenic artery and the superior mesenteric artery.
- It can arise from the gastroepiploic artery, the splenic artery proper, the splenic branches of the splenic artery, or any combination thereof.
- Fusion of dorsal mesogastrium to the posterior abdominal wall and left kidney forms the lienorenal ligament containing tail of pancreas and splenic artery.
