| CSMAP | celiac-superior mesenteric artery portography |
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| SFA | saturated fatty acid; seminal fluid assay; serum folic acid; stimulated fibrinolytic activity; super... |
| SMA | sequential multiple analysis or analyzer; sequential multichannel autoanalyzer; simultaneous multich... |
| SMABF | superior mesenteric artery blood flow |
| SMAE | superior mesenteric artery embolism |
| superior medial genicular artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, knee joint; anastomoses, descending genicular, lateral superior genicular, i.e., the articular vascular network of the knee. Synonym: arteria genus superior medialis, medial superior genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| superior mesenteric artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, abdominal aorta; branches, inferior pancreaticoduodenal, jejunal, ileal, ileocolic, appendicular, right colic, middle colic; anastomoses, superior pancreaticoduodenal and left colic. Synonym: arteria mesenterica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior mesenteric artery syndrome | <radiology> Partial obstruction of third part of duodenum by superior mesenteric artery seen with: marked weight loss, anorexia nervosa, total body casting X-ray: distension of proximal duodenum, classically disappears when prone (12 Dec 1998) |
| superior pancreaticoduodenal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, gastroduodenal; one of two arteries, anterior and superior; distribution, head of pancreas, duodenum, common bile duct; anastomoses, inferior pancreaticoduodenal, splenic. Synonym: arteria pancreaticoduodenalis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior phrenic artery | <anatomy, artery> One of a pair of small arteries given off from the thoracic aorta just superior to the diaphragm; distribution, diaphragm; anastomoses, musculophrenic, pericardiacophrenic, and inferior phrenic. Synonym: arteria phrenica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior rectal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, inferior mesenteric; distribution, upper part of rectum; anastomoses, middle and inferior rectal. As a tributary of the portal vein, its anastomosis with these arteries forms a portosystemic or portocaval anastomosis. Synonym: arteria rectalis superior, superior haemorrhoidal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior segmental artery of kidney | Origin, anterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti superioris renis, artery of superior segment of kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior thoracic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles of superior chest; anastomoses, branches of suprascapular, internal thoracic, and thoracoacromial. Synonym: arteria thoracica superior, highest thoracic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior thyroid artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; branches, infrahyoid, superior laryngeal, sternocleidomastoid, cricothyroid, and two terminal branches. Synonym: arteria thyroidea superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior tympanic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, middle meningeal; distribution, middle ear; anastomoses, other tympanic arteries. Synonym: arteria tympanica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior ulnar collateral artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, brachial; distribution, elbow joint; anastomoses, posterior ulnar recurrent and inferior ulnar collateral, as part of the articular vascular network of the elbow. Synonym: arteria collateralis ulnaris superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior vesical artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, umbilical; distribution, bladder, urachus, ureter; anastomoses, other vesical branches. Synonym: arteria vesicalis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal branch of the superior intercostal artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches of the 1st and 2nd posterior intercostal arteries which arise as branches of the supreme intercostal artery. The distribution is the same as for the dorsal branches of the other posterior intercostal arteries at the T1-T2 vertebral level. Synonym: rami dorsales arteriae intercostalis supremae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duodonal branches of superior pancreaticoduodenal artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches arising from both the anterior and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries for distribution to first and second parts of the duodenum. Synonym: rami duodenales arteriae pancreaticoduodenalis superioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior branch of superior gluteal artery | <anatomy, artery> Distribution: gluteus medius and minimus muscles; anastomosis: lateral circumflex femoral artery. Synonym: ramus inferior arteriae gluteae superioris. (05 Mar 2000) |