appendicular artery vs artery

appendicular artery and artery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appendicular artery	Yes	No	No	No
artery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artery is a hypernym of appendicular artery; that is, artery is a word with a broader meaning than appendicular artery:

appendicular artery: the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix
artery: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

Other hypernyms of appendicular artery include arteria, arterial blood vessel.

appendicular artery (noun)	artery (noun)
the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix	a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
	a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body