human_reference_atlas part of has part blood vessel endothelial cell Homo sapiens superior mesenteric artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Gray1099.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Superior_mesenteric_a.gif https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_F_Blood_Vasculature.glb https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_M_Blood_Vasculature.glb Mesenteric artery that supplies 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. SCTID:362048004 EHDAA:3358 uberon EHDAA2:0001949 GAID:502 EMAPA:18619 MESH:D017538 BTO:0002303 superior mesenteric arterial tree EHDAA:5313 FMA:14749 VHOG:0000754 superior mesenteric artery Wikipedia:Superior_mesenteric_artery galen:SuperiorMesentericArtery UBERON:0001182 superior mesenteric artery arteria mesenterica superior NCIT:C33685 UMLS:C0162861 MA:0002005 AS Origin: abdominal aorta; branches, inferior pancreaticoduodenal, jejunal, ileal, ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic arteries; distribution: small intestine, proximal half of colon abdominal aorta mesenteric artery