What is "ascending artery"

n. the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon [syn: arteria ascendens]

Ascending artery may refer to:

• Ascending palatine artery, an artery in the head that branches off the facial artery.
• Ascending pharyngeal artery, an artery in the neck that supplies the pharynx.
• Ascending cervical artery, a small artery which arises from the inferior thyroid artery