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The Superior Mesenteric Vein (v. mesenterica superior) returns the blood from the small intestine, from the cecum, and from the ascending and transverse portions of the colon.

VII. The Veins. 4. The Portal System of Veins 1918

The inferior mesenteric vein (v. mesenterica inferior) returns blood from the rectum and the sigmoid, and descending parts of the colon.

VII. The Veins. 4. The Portal System of Veins 1918

The superior mesenteric artery (a. mesenterica superior) (Fig. 534) is a large vessel which 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 one-half of the transverse part of the colon.

VI. The Arteries. 5a. 2. The Abdominal Aorta 1918

The inferior mesenteric artery (a. mesenterica inferior) (Fig. 537) supplies the left half of the transverse part of the colon, the whole of the descending and iliac parts of the colon, the sigmoid colon, and the greater part of the rectum.

VI. The Arteries. 5a. 2. The Abdominal Aorta 1918

Hydrocephalus, tabes mesenterica, and other similar maladies, are natural agencies which cut off the children of races that are sinking below the decent minimum which nature has established as the condition of viability, before they reach the age of reproduction.

Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

Hydrocephalus, tabes mesenterica, and other similar maladies, are natural agencies which cut off the children of races that are sinking below the decent minimum which nature has established as the condition of viability, before they reach the age of reproduction.

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Tremella mesenterica is often found on the dead branches of deciduous trees, usually hornbeams and oaks.

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